With an area of , an average length of and an average width of , Livanjsko Polje is the largest depression of its kind in the world. It is located at an average height of above sea level. The field is located in region of
Tropolje, in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and lies between the
karstic mountains of
Dinara and
Kamešnica on the south,
Tušnica mountain on the east,
Cincar and
Golija mountain on the north and
Šator and
Staretina mountain on the west.
Buško Blato (also called Buško Lake) lies to the southeast and
Ždralovac to the northwest.
Ždralovac is a narrow corridor by which the
Livno field is connected to the
Grahovsko field, between the slopes of mountains Dinara, Kamešnica and Šator.
Climate In the
Neolithic age, the field was underwater. On the field itself there remains several lakes, of which
Buško Blato has the largest accumulation in the region.
Brežinsko jezero is another lake of note which lies on the northwest part of the field. When the
Orlovac Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in the 1960s, it altered the
climate of the entire
Livno region. Long, cold winter months with large snowfalls with the characteristic
bura wind, were replaced by rainy winters and long, warm summers.
Towns and villages The largest town on the field is
Livno, from which the field received its name. The town of Livno has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. It is located on the northeastern part of the field, beneath mount
Bašajkovac. The largest villages on the field are
Guber,
Grborezi,
Podhum,
Prolog,
Čuklić,
Zabrišće,
Bila,
Čelebić,
Lusnić,
Strupnić,
Kovačić,
Vrbica and
Bojmunte. == Hydrology and hydrography ==