Cetina

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Cetina
Cetina Canyon in front of Omiš

Cetina Canyon in front of Omiš

Data
location Croatia
River system Cetina
source Milaševo near the village of Cetina 7 km from Vrlika
43 ° 58 ′ 37 ″  N , 16 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  E
Source height 385  m
muzzle Adriatic Sea Coordinates: 43 ° 26 ′ 21 "  N , 16 ° 41 ′ 11"  E 43 ° 26 ′ 21 "  N , 16 ° 41 ′ 11"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 385 m
Bottom slope 3.8 ‰
length 101 km
Catchment area 1463 km²
Medium-sized cities Sinj
Small towns Omiš

The Cetina (German: Zetina , Latin Tilurius or Hippus ) is a river in Croatia . It is one of the great three rivers in the historical region of Dalmatia . The Cetina rises from a 115 m deep karst spring in the Dinaric Alps near the village of Cetina and forms a marsh area in the middle reaches near Sinj . Finally, after 101 km, the Cetina flows into the Adriatic Sea in Omiš (Almissa) .

For millennia, the Cetina designed a canyon and created wondrous shapes in the stone of the river bed. The crystal clear water, the up to 180 m high rocks, the waterfalls, lakes, underground tunnels and the 40 m high waterfall Gubavica (Vrlika) offer the pleasure of untouched nature.

On the upper reaches of the Cetina is the Peruća reservoir ( Perućko jezero ), which is used for water supply and electricity generation .

At the lower reaches of the river lies the area of ​​the former Republic of Poljica .

Most of the recordings were made at the Cetina in 1965, which formed the climax of the Karl May film The Oil Prince with the raft as it rushed along .

During the military operation Sturm in 1995, Serbian soldiers tried to blow up the Peručko jezero dam, which was filled to the brim . The dam was severely damaged in the process, but the dam did not break completely, otherwise the entire lower reaches of the Cetina, including the towns of Sinj and Omiš , would have been destroyed.

gallery

  • The source of the Cetina

  • Canyon near Šestanovac

  • Rapids

Web links

Commons : Cetina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity
  2. ↑ Croatian Yearbook 2013 - From the Federal Statistical Office of Croatia . Retrieved September 10, 2015.