Cetina
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Cetina is a river in central Dalmatia, Croatia. It has a total length of 105 km, drains an area of 3,700 km², and descends from an altitude of 385 m at its source to the sea level when it flows into the Adriatic Sea.
Geography and geology
Cetina has its source in the northwestern slopes of Dinara, in a small village called Cetina located 7 km north from Vrlika. A large artificial lake begins near Vrlika, the Peruča lake, which was created by a dam some 25 km downstream. Cetina then passes into the lower portion of the Sinj karst field. After that it runs eastward and then back westward around the Mosor mountain, before flowing into the Adriatic in the city of Omiš.
The latter portion of Cetina and its relatively large drop in altitude was used to build several substantial hydroelectric power plants. Its water is also bottled as Cetina.
History
The river was a border between the Duchies of Coastal Croatia and Duchy of Neretvans since the first half of the 7th century, later on between the Duchy of Croatia (since 856, Kingdom of Croatia since 925) and Raška. After the Byzantines restored control over those principalities, the river became a natural border between the Croatian Kingdom and the theme of Serbia of the Byzantine Empire. After Stephen Nemanja's uniting of several principalities in the second half of the 12th century, the river became the border between the Croato-Hungarian Kingdom (since 1102) and the Grand Principality of Rascia (since 1166, Serbian Kingdom since 1217).External Links
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