Borja (mountain)

Borja Mountain (1,077 m)

Borja (1,077 m) is a mountain in central Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), between Teslić town and Maslovare village. It spreads in the southeast - northwest, and from Uzlomac is divided on saddle Solila, through which passes main road M-4 (Banja Luka – Matuzići – Doboj, which exits on the M-17 (as corridor Vc). The majority of this mountain is in the municipalities of Teslić and Kotor Varoš.[1][2][3][4]

Over 1,000 meters above see level at Borja are Runjavica (1,077 m), Pavlov vrh (Paul’s peak, 1029 m), Komin (1,029 m) and Kuke (Hooks, 1.016 m). On the peaks of the mountains chain Očauš – Borja – Uzlomac are a watershed between basins of Bosnia and Vrbas.

Borja is rich by dense coniferous-deciduous forest communities. From coniferous species dominated by white and black pine, after which it was named. Abundant springs, streams and rivers, and the best known source of Hajdučke vode beside which is titled and recreation center. There is a rich in variety of minerals, of which the exploitive was only coal, which is open at the time of Austro-Hungarian rule (1916). It was closed during the fifties of the last century.

References

  1. ↑ Vojnogeografski institut, Izd. (1955): Prnjavor (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.
  2. ↑ Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.
  3. ↑ kartabih
  4. ↑ Mučibabić B., Ur. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo, ISBN 9958-766-00-0.

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