Gatačko Polje

Not to be confused with Gacko polje.

Gatačko polje (lit. 'Field of Gacko', Serbian Cyrillic: Гатачко поље) is a polje (karst field) within the Gacko municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, spanning 57–60 km², being ca. 24 km long and ca. 3,6 km wide, in the northwest–southeast direction. It is situated between the mountains of Bjelašnica and Lebršnik on the altitude of 930 to 1000 m. The subterranean rivers of Gračanica and Mušnica cross the field. The only larger settlement is Gacko. Near the field are the mountains and straddle of Čemerno (with sea watershed), the source of the Trebišnjica, Klinje Lake and the Sutjeska National Park. The field develops agriculture and animal husbandry.

Gatačko Polje
Polje
Gatačko Polje
Coordinates: 43.1322°N 18.5553°E / 43.1322; 18.5553
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Range	Dinaric Alps
Offshore water bodies	Zalomka
Age	Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic (Paleogene)
Formed by	Thrust faulting
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Geology	Karst
Area
• Total	57–60 square kilometres (5,700–6,000 ha; 14,000–15,000 acres)
Dimensions
• Length	24 kilometres (15 mi)
• Width	3.6–4 kilometres (2.2–2.5 mi)

Gallery

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  Gacko polje before the coal mine
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  Gacko polje after the coal mine

See also

• Livanjsko Polje

References

External links

• "The Karstography of the Dinaric karst in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part 5.3, Eastern Herzegovina". The Devon Karst Research Society. 10 July 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
• Safet HadžiMuhamedović (2018) Waiting for Elijah: Time and Encounter in a Bosnian Landscape. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.