Kravica, Waterfall in West Herzegovina Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kravica is a tufa cascade on the Trebižat River in Herzegovina, about 25 metres high and 120 metres wide, ending in a pool with a radius of 120 metres. The water falls over a pale, segmented cliff in many separate streams, widest on the right, with a lower cascade on the left. Dense forest lines the cliff top and banks.
Kravica is a tufa cascade on the Trebižat River, formed by calcium carbonate deposited from the water. In the past, many mills and fulling mills for rolling cloth operated alongside the falls. The waterfall belonged to Zaim-beg Selimić, a municipal councillor, landowner and philanthropist from Ljubuški.
The falls take their name from the village of Kravica, and the Trebižat's tufa cascade has long been a swimming and picnic spot. In summer, visitors from Bosnia and abroad swim in the pool below the falls, and nearby restaurants serve grilled dishes and fish specialties. Upstream mills and fulling stocks once used the river's flow.
Kravica lies about 10 km from Međugorje in the village of Studenci near Ljubuški, 40 km south of Mostar. The falls are fullest in spring, when the surrounding arid landscape turns green; summer brings swimmers and visitors from abroad. Near the falls are a small cafe, a picnic area, a camping spot and a rope swing, and nearby restaurants mostly serve grilled dishes and fish. A small grotto with calcium carbonate stalactites, an old mill and a sailing ship stand close by.
The water flows through numerous tiny channels in the limestone formation, giving the falls their distinctive pattern of thin water threads. This complex water movement creates an ever-changing display depending on the river's flow.
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