Koritnik
| Koritnik | |
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 Mount Koritnik on the left from Pashtrik | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,396 m (7,861 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 42°5′0″N 20°34′0″E / 42.08333°N 20.56667°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Kukës, Albania |
| Parent range | Korab Mountains[2] |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Triassic[3] |
| Mountain type | Limestone |
Koritnik (Template:Lang-sq) is a wooded, limestone mountain, located in northeastern Albania and southwest Kosovo[a] between the cities of Kukës and Prizren.[4] The mountain is entirely surrounded by branches of the White Drin river. The highest point of Koritnik massif, Maja e Pikëllimës reaches an elevation of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) above the Adriatic. Gryka e Vanavës (Template:Lang-en) separates the mountain from Gjallica. The gorge is 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long, 30 m (100 ft) wide, and about 300 m (980 ft) deep.[5]
The massif falls within the Balkan mixed forests terrestrial ecoregion of the Palearctic Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest. The slopes of the mountain meadows are mostly covered with coniferous forests. The Koritnik mountain because of its high pastures contains a population of 60 chamois.
Koritnik falls within the Korab-Koritnik Nature Park, forming the European Green Belt. It has been recognised as an Important Plant Area of international importance by Plantlife.[6]
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See also
Notes
| a. | ^ Template:Kosovo-note |
References
- ^ "TREGUES SIPAS QARQEVE INDICATORS BY PREFECTURES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ^ "STRATEGJIA TERRITORIALE E NJËSISË VENDORE KUKËS" (PDF). kukesi.gov.al. p. 14.
- ^ Kosovo: Sehenswürdigkeiten und Schönheiten (Dr. Dragan Ćukić ed.). Uros Maksimovic. 31 December 1970. pp. 11–12.
- ^ Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part I: Europe. Elsevier. 8 June 2004. p. 383. ISBN 9780080540146.
- ^ "Kanioni i Vanave". akzm.gov.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ IUCN, World Wide Fund for Nature, Plantlife. "Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region" (PDF). portals.iucn.org. p. 75.
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