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Kosovo is a landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into three ...
The Balkans ( / ˈbɔːlkənz / BAWL-kənz, / ˈbɒlkənz / BOL-kənz [1] ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [2] [3] [4] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. [5]
All major rivers in Serbia, like Tisa, Sava, Velika Morava and Drina belong to it. The Adriatic Sea drainage basin covers an area of 4,500 km 2 or 5% of territory of Serbia. It comprises the western half of the Kosovo and Metohija and it is mostly drained by one river, the White Drin, which in Albania meets the Black Drin to create the Drin ...
This is a list of rivers in Kosovo in an alphabetical order. List. River Image Albanian Serbian Length; Binačka Morava: Morava e Binçës Binačka Morava
The north is dominated by the Danube River. The Morava River, a tributary of the Danube, flows through the more mountainous southern regions of Serbia. Topographic map of Serbia. The terrain of central Serbia consists chiefly of hills and low to medium-high mountains, interspersed with numerous rivers and creeks.
The Ibar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ибар, pronounced [îbar] ), also known as the Ibër and Ibri ( Albanian: Ibër, Ibri ), is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro, northern Kosovo and central Serbia, with a total length of 272 km (169 mi). [1] The river begins in the Hajla mountain, in Rožaje, eastern Montenegro, and passes through ...
Top: Map showing the distribution of Kosovo Serbs in Kosovo. The northernmost region is North Kosovo. Middle: Map showing the regions in Serbia where Serbian Albanians live. The southernmost region is the Preševo Valley, of an ethnic Albanian majority, and the northernmost region is the municipality of Medveđa, where Albanians are a minority.
Kosovo unilaterally self proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008, a move which Serbia strongly rejects. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and continues to claim it as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. However, differences and disputes remain, while North Kosovo is partially under Serbian rule.