SNR Uvac - Caves

"Uvac" Special Nature Reserve is rich in karst landforms with various karst formations: karst plains, karst depressions, karst sinkholes, rock shelters, caves and potholes.

Caves are numerous and vary in size, ranging from rock shelters to  Usak Cave System, the largest known cave system in Serbia. Except for its size, this system has some other characteristics as well that make it one of the most interesting speleological sites in Serbia and is definitely one of the main values of the reserve.

The system consists of two caves and a pothole with the interconnected canals that total  6185 meters in length.

The largest part of the system is the Ušak Cave. It has two entrances, one in Gornje Lopiže village and the other in Uvac valley. Ledena Pećina cave is slightly shorter. The main canal of Ledena Pećina cave stretches almost parallel with the main canal of Ušak Cave, at the distance of about 100m. The smallest, but yet the most interesting part of Ušak cave system is Bezdan pothole. The entrance into the pothole is at the end of a dead-end valley called Miletin Do.

When its about caves, Tubića Pećina and Baždarska Pećina caves should also be mentioned. The first is situated in Tubići village, five kilometers northwest from Sjenica. It has two entrances and occasionaly it is hydrologically active. Baždarska Pećina cave is located in Ursule village, some 10 kilometars nothwest from Sjenica.

Caves in the territory of "Uvac" Special Nature Reserve are very rich in speleothem deposited by the action of dripping water to form stalactites, stalagmites, columns, draperies, transparent needles etc.