Bosnia HerzegovinaBy: Taryn Naas

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Physical Geography)

� Landforms� Bosnia and Herzegovina is a very hilly country with the Dinaric

Alps dominating the landscape. Thick forests cover almost 50% of the land, while in the north, along the Sava River valley, a hilly, fertile plain stretches east to west.

� Water� Bosnia and Herzegovina has bodies of water

including rivers, lakes, and waterfalls. The biggest river is Sava which is 615 miles and the largest lake is Prokoško Lake (48.000 m2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

� Climate/Weather- hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast

� Types of Plants - Endemic plants include the Herzegovinian Bellflower Campanula hercegovina, Campanula hofmannii, a pink Dianthus freynii, a spurge Euphorbia gregersenii, the Oxytropis prenja and many more.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Size and Borders)

� Bosnia and Herzegovina is slightly smaller than West Virginia� The capital is Sarajevo

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� The countries that border it are Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 249 km, and Serbia 357 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Human Geography)

� History� The biggest part of the Bosia history is the Bosnian genocide. Starting in

April 1992, Serbia set out to “ethnically cleanse” Bosnian territory by systematically removing all Bosnian Muslims, known as Bosniaks. Serbia, together with ethnic Bosnian Serbs, attacked Bosniaks with former Yugoslavian military equipment and surrounded Sarajevo, the capital city.

Bosnia and Herzegovina� Culture★ Islam, Orthodox Christianity, and Roman Catholicism are all present, with

the three faiths generally corresponding to three major ethnic groups: Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, respectively. The types of food are Ćevapi is a small dumpling made of minced meat, mostly beef, with the addition of garlic, onion and different spices. Bosnian coffee (Type of coffee), Bosnian stew (stew, obviously), Bey’s Soup (Soup, duh), Burek (A type of bread)

� Native languages- Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian

Bosnia and Herzegovina� Government� Leaders- Bakir Izetbegović is the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina and

Denis Zvizdić is the Prime minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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MontenegroBy: Ciara Johnson

Montenegro Physical Geography:

★ Ranging from towering peaks along the Serbian and Albanian borders to a small coastal plain, Montenegro is home to a diverse landscape due to its position on the Balkan peninsula and Adriatic Sea.

★ Montenegro has a Mediterranean climate on the coast, with alpine conditions in the mountains. The average summer coastal temperature is 27°C (81°F), and this is peak season (Jul-Aug), when the majority of visitors come here. Those who can’t bear the summer heat would do well to head inland for the mountains, where summer nighttime temperatures drop as low as 12°C

Montenegro Size and BorderMontenegro is the 160th largest in the world by area 13,812 kilometers.

The countries that border Montenegro are, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia Herzegovina.

MontenegroPopulation: 626,101 people.

Leader: Fillip Vujanovíć.

Capital: Podgorica; Cetinje is the old capital of Montenegro, when they had a King.

Official Language: Montenegrin2

Religion: None.

Montenegro: Human GeographyThe first inhabitants on the Balkan peninsula were the ancient people known as the Illyrians. The Slavic people followed in the 6th and 7th centuries. What is now Montenegro was the Serbian principality of Zeta in the 14th century. The principality was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th to the 19th century, though this mountainous region managed to evade tight Ottoman control. It then became a principality within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and in 1878 achieved independence. In 1910, Prince Nicholas I proclaimed himself king. During World War I, Montenegro fought on the side of the Allies and was defeated by Austro-German forces. Nicholas was forced to flee the country and Montenegro was annexed to Serbia, then called the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Yugoslavia became a Communist republic under Josip Tito. Tito's tight rein kept ethnic tensions in check until his death in 1980. Without his pan-Slavic influence, ethnic and nationalist differences began to flare, and by the 1990s Yugoslavia started to disintegrate in a brutal ten-year civil war. In the war's aftermath, Serbia and Montenegro were the only two remaining republics of Yugoslavia, and in Feb. 2003, they formed a new state, a loose federation called Serbia and Montenegro. The arrangement was made to placate Montenegro's restive stirrings for independence and stipulated that Montenegro could hold a referendum on independence after three years. In May 2003, Filip Vujanovic, a strong advocate of Montenegrin independence, was elected Montenegro's president.

Images: Montenegro

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