Čude Canyon
| Čude Canyon | |
|---|---|
| Krševi | |
 The Stupćanica river running through Čude Canyon | |
  Čude Canyon | |
| Length | 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) East-West |
| Width | canyon floor 2 metres (6.6 ft) |
| Depth | 600 metres (2,000 ft) |
| Geology | |
| Type | Karst |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 44°08′31″N 18°40′36″E / 44.142032°N 18.676612°E 44°08′30″N 18°38′37″E / 44.141800°N 18.643718°E |
| Rivers | Stupčanica |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Čude Canyon | |
The Čude Canyon is a canyon created by the Stupčanica river on its course between Petrovići and downstream Bijeliš village near Olovo, in central-northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location
The name Čude is shared by the canyon, locality, and the village Čude, located midway through the canyon on a right bank, nested in a small widening where the slope slightly bends and curves.[1]
Description
The Stupčanica cuts through the steep slopes of Gradac on the right bank, and Krševi on the left. It creates a canyon only 3.8 kilometers long, but over a half of a kilometer deep (cca. 600 meters), and in places just a few hundreds meters wide at the rim levels, while at the river level it is often only 2–3 meters wide.
Sections
The Čude Canyon consist of three differently named narrowings, with a length of about 1,000 to 1,500 meters each. The first, the Stijena Canyon, plunges vertically into the Stupčanica River. The main section, located 1.5 km from the first, is called Čude-Klam. A slope on the left bank of this approximately 350 meters long section, called Srihin Canyon, is almost completely bare and over 300 meters high limestone rock which is fully vertical. About three hundred meters further away is the Veliki Srihin Canyon, which is around 400 meters long and over 300 meters high. There are almost no growth on its sides, except some sparse patches of grass and few shrubs. In the rocks of this section, there is an entrance to a cave that can only be reached with the use of special equipment.[1]
The Čude Canyon is protected natural monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Ržehak 1958, pp. 105–124.
- ^ Rezervat prirodnih predjela Zakon o zaštiti prirode BiH, ("Službeni list SR BiH", broj: 4/65, od 5. februara 1965. godine)
- ^ "Parks.it - Parchi, Riserve ed altre Aree Protette in Bosnia-Erzegovina". www.parks.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Federalno ministarstvo okoliša i turizma - Bosna i Hercegovina" (.pdf). www.fmoit.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
Bibliography
- Ržehak, Viktor (1958). "Manje poznate prirodne rijetkosti u Bosni i Hercegovini i potreba njihove zaštite" [Lesser known natural rarities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the need for their protection] (pdf). Yearbook Naše starine (in Serbo-Croatian). V. Sarajevo: Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture SR Bosne i Hercegovine: 105–124. Retrieved 10 October 2025.