Geographically, the Uvac valley is part of the Stari Vlah-Raška highland. It is surrounded by the mountains of Zlatar on the west, Murtenica and Čemernica on the north, Javor on the east and Jadovnik on the south. The lowest point in the reserve is and the highest . Central morphological section is actually a canyon-like valley of the river, including the valleys of its tributaries. The river cut its bed deep into the limestone rocks and formed a narrowed gorge-canyon valleys with high and steep limestone cliffs. An average deep of the valley is between and with the deepest section being . The Uvac gorge is especially known for its pinched meanders, or meanders which are cut in the canyon-like fashion. Relative height of the meanders reaches some near the village of Gornje Lopiže. Photos of the meanders are often used in the promotional touristic publications from Serbia.