Buna (Neretva)

{{Short description|River in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

{{About|the river in Bosnia and Herzegovina|the river in Albania and Montenegro|Buna (Adriatic Sea)|other uses|Buna (disambiguation){{!}}Buna}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Buna

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| image = Buna - river.jpg

| image_caption = The Buna river

| pushpin_map = Bosnia and Herzegovina

| pushpin_map_size = 300

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the Buna mouth in Bosnia and Herzegovina

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of the Buna mouth in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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| map_caption = Neretva basin

| source1_location = Vrelo Bune near Blagaj, Mostar

| mouth_location = The Neretva near Buna

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43.2405|17.8340|display=it|region:BA_type:river}}

| progression = {{RNeretva}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Bosnia and Herzegovina

| length = {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}}

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The Buna ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Буна}}) is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina; it is a left-bank tributary of the Neretva.{{cite book |last1=Guldescu |first1=Stanko |title=History of Medieval Croatia |date=1964 |publisher=Mouton |page=80 |quote=Inland Zahumlje extended as far as Dobar and the Buna river, a left bank tributary of the Neretva.}} Its source, Vrelo Bune (Buna Spring),{{cite book |last1=Biegman |first1=Nicolaas H. |title=Living Sufism: Rituals in the Middle East and the Balkans |date=2009 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |isbn=9789774162633 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MS7X8ACnrqcC&pg=PA75}} is a strong karstic spring located near the village of Blagaj, southeast of Mostar. Vrelo Bune is one of the strongest springs in Europe and has extremely cold water.{{cite web |title=The most beautiful spot of former Yugoslavia: Buna spring at Blagaj with Dervish Khanqah above it |url=https://www.telegraf.rs/english/2947915-the-most-beautiful-spot-of-former-yugoslavia-buna-spring-at-blagaj-with-dervish-khanqah-above-it-photo |website=telegraf.rs |date=2 April 2018 | archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214190158/https://www.telegraf.rs/english/2947915-the-most-beautiful-spot-of-former-yugoslavia-buna-spring-at-blagaj-with-dervish-khanqah-above-it-photo}}{{cite book |last1=Carmichael |first1=Cathie |title=A Concise History of Bosnia |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107016156 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMfSCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1}} The Buna flows west for approximately 9 km, starts at Blagaj and, meandering through the villages of Blagaj, Kosor, Malo Polje and Hodbina, joins the Neretva near the settlement Buna. The site of confluence is called Buna Canals. The Bunica river is the main left-bank tributary of the Buna. The Buna is major habitat for an endemic trout species known under its vernacular name as Softmouth trout.