The Bijela River is a truly wild mountain river, 17 kilometers in length. It springs below Gradina Hill, at about 1,000 meters above sea level, above the village of Gornja Bijela, at the foot of Mount Lola. Just a few hundred meters from its source lies the beautiful Crnjak Waterfall, one of the most remarkable natural attractions in this area. The Bijela winds through steep and rocky terrain, and the altitude difference of roughly 400 meters, from the source to the mouth, reveals how sharply and wildly its riverbed has been carved. Around the fourteenth kilometer of its course, not far from the Monastery of Saint George, the river enters a steep, 1.5-kilometer-long canyon. Below the famous Roman bridge, at the end of the canyon, the Bijela reaches Šavnik and flows through the town in a short, one-kilometer stretch.
The river is rich in brown trout and represents a true natural treasure. Within the town of Šavnik, at the confluence, the Bijela joins the Bukovica River.