Koritnik Explained

Koritnik
Elevation M:2396
Elevation Ref:[1]
Map:Albania#Kosovo
Map Size:250
Listing:Ultra
Location:Kukës, Albania
Prizren, Kosovo
Range:Korab Mountains[2]
Label Position:right
Coordinates:42.0833°N 20.5667°W
Age:Triassic[3]
Type:Limestone

Koritnik is a wooded, limestone mountain, located in northeastern Albania and southwest Kosovo 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 above the Adriatic. Gryka e Vanavës (English: Vanave Gorge) separates the mountain from Gjallica. The gorge is 3.5km (02.2miles) long, 30m (100feet) wide, and about 300m (1,000feet) deep.[5]

The massif falls within the Balkan mixed forests terrestrial ecoregion of the Palearctic temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. The slopes of the mountain meadows are mostly covered with coniferous forests. The high pastures of the Koritnik mountain help sustain a population of around 60 chamois.

Koritnik is also part of the Korab-Koritnik Nature Park, forming the European Green Belt. It has been recognized as an Important Plant Area of international importance by Plantlife.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: TREGUES SIPAS QARQEVE INDICATORS BY PREFECTURES . 2011-01-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163040/http://www.instat.gov.al/graphics/doc/downloads/publikime/Tregues%20sipas%20qarqeve2006.pdf . 2011-07-24 .
  2. Web site: STRATEGJIA TERRITORIALE E NJËSISË VENDORE KUKËS. kukesi.gov.al. 14. en. 2017-10-02. 2017-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075434/http://www.kukesi.gov.al/bashkia/permbajtia/uploads/2016/03/Strategjia-e-zhvillimit-Bashkia-Kukes.pdf. dead.
  3. Book: Kosovo: Sehenswürdigkeiten und Schönheiten. 31 December 1970. Uros Maksimovic. 11–12. Dr. Dragan Ćukić.
  4. Book: Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part I: Europe. 8 June 2004. Elsevier. 9780080540146. 383.
  5. Web site: Kanioni i Vanave. akzm.gov.al. sq. 2017-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190307023643/http://akzm.gov.al/apps/akzm_cd/Kukes/KU_Mon/KU06.htm. 2019-03-07. dead.
  6. Web site: IUCN, World Wide Fund for Nature, Plantlife. Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region. portals.iucn.org. 75. en.