The Tara River (Template:Lang-bs; Serbian:Ријека Тара / Rijeka Tara) emerges from the confluence of the Opasnica and Veruša Rivers in the Prokletije mountain, part of Dinaric Alps of Montenegro. The total length is 144 km, of which 110 km are in Montenegro, while the final 34 km are in Bosnia and Herzegovina along which form the border between the two countries in several places. The Tara flow from south to north - north-west and converges with the Piva River at the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro border between the villages of Šćepan Polje (Montenegro) and Hum (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to form the Drina river.
===Rafting===
In 2005, the European Championships in Rafting were held in Republika Srpska,Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Vrbas and the Tara river. According to the International Rafting Federation: "The event was hugely successful ...". In May 2009 the World Rafting Championships was held again in Republika Srpska,Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Vrbas and Tara rivers[1].
===Dam problems===
The Bosnian and the Montenegrin government had plans to flood the Tara River Gorge, with the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the Drina River. However, it abandoned this plan in April, 2005 after several successful protests of advocates for the preservation of the canyon. But, in September 2006, a protocol for cooperation between Slovenian company "Petrol" and Montenegrin company "Montenegro-bonus" was signed[2], and the building of an electric plant with initial power of 40 or 60 megawatts is planned, despite all efforts to protect the gorge. Also, plans of constructing dams in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river, some 15 kilometers downstream of confluence of the Tara with the Piva river, are still alive[3][4].
== See also ==
* Drina
* Tara River (Montenegro)
* Piva River (Montenegro)
* Piva River (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sutjeska River
* Neretva
* Sutjeska National Park
* List of national parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
==References==
==External links==
*WRC2009 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
*International Rafting Federation
*Sutjeska National Park
*Commision to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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