GEOGRAPHIC POSITION
The territory of Zvornik municipality covers the area of 387 square meters, and it is situated in North-Eastern Bosnia. The town of Zvornik lies on eastern side of mountain Majevica at 146 m above sea level.
On the western side, Zvornik municipality is bordered with the following municipalities: Sekovici, Osmaci and Kalesija; on the northern side, it is bordered with: Bijeljina, Lopare and Ugljevik municipalities; on the south side it is surrounded by municipalities: Bratunac, Milici and Vlasenica; whereas on the eastern side its border is river Drina. Two bridges across this river connect Zvornik municipality with Serbia. Thanks to such geographic position, Zvornik has always represented an important crossroad and a communication point on the strategically extremely relevant direction West-East.
The terrain of Zvornik municipality is very jagged. The town’s height varies between 135 and 220 meters above sea level. Whole area is intersected with water streams and springs which belong to Drina basin, such as river Sapna, as well as rivers of Kozluk, Pilica and Jasenica. Some of Zvornik’s natural resources are forests - about 53% of the total municipal territory, or about 23,670 hectares, of which 11,931 hectares is socially-owned whereas 11,739 hectares is privately owned. High forests cover ¼ of the total forest-covered territory.

Considering the mountain terrain configuration, only 12% of the territory is flat with cultivable soil, 79% of land consists of hills, and only 9% are mountains. Highest peak elevations in Zvornik’s surrounding are Udrc 1043 m, Kosutnja stopa 940 m i Mackov kamen 923 m. Hills that surround Zvornik are: Lodja 732 m, Velika stena 712 m, Babija 662 m, Mladjevac 527 m, and Lisina 508 m.
The town itself and its river banks are situated on the river Drina’s alluvia. The river alluvia consist of gravel, sand and in some places of sandy-clay layers, whereas the terrain where the town of Zvornik is situated is well covered with earthy layer of loose material. The terrain around Zvornik is made of rocks of different geological ages. Wider Zvornik surrounding consists of three types of rocks. Western part of terrain – the right bank of river Drina consists of geologically diverse and lithologically heterogeneous trian masses. Eastern and North-Eastern side is covered with grandiorite terrain, and between these zones, there are contact-metamorphic rock zones. Western and South-Western part of the terrain consists of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks.
Geological stability of the municipal land belongs to the type of areas with plenty of unstable ground with frequent cases of landslides, either natural or those caused by human carelessness. These areas include: Jasenica, Glodi, Gusteri, Krizevici, Setici etc. The municipal territory has a lot of underground water, especially near waters that flow through the territory and along river Drina. The terrain, as a whole, represents a relatively stable ground.