Kosovo is a small and 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 seas, the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea.
The country possesses impressive and contrasting landscapes determined by the climate along with the geology and hydrology. Both, the Bjeshkët e Nemuna and Sharr Mountains, are the most defining feature of the country and simultaneously the most biodiverse regions of Kosovo. As far as the central region, the plains of Dukagjin and Kosovo stretches over the west and east, respectively. Additionally, Kosovo consists of multiple geographic and ethnographic regions, such as Drenica, Dushkaja, Gollak, Has, Highlands of Gjakova, Llap, Llapusha and Rugova.
The country is a quite rich country for its water sources, there are many long and short rivers, as well as artificial and natural lakes around the country. Most of the rivers that rise in Kosovo have their mouths outside the country's territory in the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea.[1] The longest river is the Drini i Bardhë, while the shortest river is the Lumëbardhi i Prizrenit.
The climate of the country is mostly defined by its geographical location in the southeastern part of the european continent and strongly influenced by the seas in the west, south and east. It enjoys a combination of a continental climate and a mediterranean climate, with four distinct seasons.
Kosovo is characterised by rich flora and fauna, and a wide array of ecosystems and habitats considering its relatively small area.[2] The country's biodiversity is conserved in two national parks and hundreds of other protected areas of different categories. The remote and forested regions are primarily inhabited by important species that are fast becoming rare in Southern Europe, amongst them the brown bear, grey wolf, lynx and golden eagle.
^Gani Gashia, Florim Isufi, Shpejtim Bulliqia, Ibrahim Ramadania. "Correlation between discharge, river Basin surface and rainfall quantity in Kosova" (PDF). publisher-connector.core.ac.uk. pp. 1–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-21. Kosovo waters flows towards the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Kosovo Biodiversity Assessment" (PDF). ww.ammk-rks.net. pp. 1–66.
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