Herzegovina

Herzegovina is a Wine region in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Wine region

Area

486,340 ha registered outline

Centre

43.1032° N, 17.8004° E

Legal basis

No registered wine GIs. Herzegovina is the main wine region (Žilavka, Blatina).

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town

6.1 km west of Crnići

Nearest city

27 km south of Mostar 104,518 people

To the sea

25 km

Rivers nearby

Neretva (7.9 km)

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

0–2,180 m

Mean elevation

574 m

Measured over the whole outline on 98,553 elevation cells of about 223 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries BIH ADM3 (2013) (Public Domain)