Republic of Kosova

Kosovo has a surface of 10.908Km². It is surrounded by mountains with a central plain divided into two valleys, with the Kaçanik Gorge running down the center. The mountains are as high as 2.000m on the Macedonian and Albanian borders. The highest mountain is Gjeravica near Deçan, which is 2.656m and the lowest point is Vermicë in Prizeren at 295m. Prishtina itself is just over 600m. Around 41 % of cultivable land is forest, the remainder is arable. Crops grow include barely for the beer, some wheat and vegetables (peppers, potatoes, carrots, cabbages ect). There are two main valleys- the Dukagjini Valley which has better irrigation and is slightly warmer, so it`s better for growing vegetables and vines, and the Kosovo Valley which is good for potatoes and orchards in the southeast. Kosovo is unusual for a place of its size in being almost entirely self-sufficient in water. It`s rivers run into the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic. The main rivers in Kosovo are : Drini i Bardhë (122km long) in Peja region, Sitnica (90 km), Bistrica e Pejës (62km), Morava e Binçës (60km), in the Gjilan area, Lepenci (53km) near Ferizaj and Kaçanik, Ereniku (51km) near Gjakova, Ibri (942km) near Mitrovica and Bistrica e Prizrenit (31km) near Prizren.