Banjani - Geography

Geography

Banjani are located between 42 degrees, 45 minutes and 43 degrees north latitude, and lying on the 18 degree east of the Greenwich meridian, between 30 and 46 minutes.Petrovići village with its direct surroundings (coastal Trebišnjica) is called the Lower Banjani. This is the lowest part of the tribe and goes down below the 400 - {m} - above sea level. The rest of the tribe called the Upper Banjani. Upper Banjani villages range from 800 to 1,100 meters above sea level. Jelovica peaks are between 1100 and 1280 meters above sea level. Peaks of mt.Somina and mt.Bratogošt exceed this height, the highest peak of Njegos are Ravna Glavica (flat head), rising 1,721 meters above the sea level. In the central part of the tribe is a small town Velimlje, at the very edge of Velimlje field. It is, in fact, karst field of 3-4 square kilometers, and its lowest part is just under 800 - {m} - above sea level and ends with recessed like a funnel, where it once flowed in the distant past water. This is the territory of the so-called heavy karst; dominated lower and higher elevations with layers of limestone and dolomite rocks. A little arable land is located in depressions and on terraced surfaces. It is understood that this land base provides scant vegetation, and a team of more poorly as the rain falls in the vegetative period (May–September), a liquid (surface) water is almost nonexistent. There are only a thin springs of living water to mt.Njegoš: Jama Matovića, Tupanjska river and springs, then the neighborhoods of Upper Banjani: Kruška (Pear) and Crni Kuk (Black Hip) and Sopot in the Lower Banjani. Could be found and some pištet or bučalina (kind of weak springs), as Zaboj in Mokri Do, in a village Dubočke to the seasonal springs and without major significance for human life. And Hercegove Luke in mt.Somina is also weak spring (pištet). So the people of this region had to make pools where rainwater can collect.

It is known that karst terrains, especially heavy karst area such as the Banjani, suffers from visual changes due to accelerated erosion processes that adversely affect the wildlife, as well as the population itself. In ancient times this area was scarce water, soil complexes, including flora and fauna. Below of the mt. Njegos, the Tupanjska river flowed which invaded the village of Riječani, which by and named after her. In all likelihood, the current Velimlje field was under water, which to date during the autumn rains flood. The climate of this region, depending on the terrain, it is not unique. The Banjani coastal river of Trebišnjica (today Bileca Lake) has a mild climate because there reaching influence of the Mediterranean sun. The main part of the tribe has a temperate continental climate, while the only mountain of this region has the characteristics of mountain climate. What makes the tribal territory is fairly uniform annual distribution and amount of rainfall.