Kosova has a surface are of 10.908Km². It is ringed by mountains with a central plain divided into two valleys, with the Kaçanik Gorge ruining down the center. The mountains are 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 at 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)
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 Kosova Valley which is good for potatoes and orchards in the southeast.
Kosova is unusual for a place of its size in being almost entirely self-sufficient in water. Its rivers run into the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic.
The main rivers in Kosova 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.
The mountains are a mixture of glacial and volcanic in origin, with glacial lakes in Sharr Mountains in Dragash and Brezovica , also in the Rugova and Deçan areas.
Kosova`s main power plant, powered by lignite, is also a significant polluter of the environment.Kosova has a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Snow can fall as early as November and as late as April. July and August are invariably hot, although May and June can be too. The temperature during the winter can be -0.9˚C and can reach -15˚C, and during summer the temperature can go as high as 38˚C.
Kosova is border with Central Serbia north and eastward, the Republic of Macedonia to the south, Albania to the west and Montenegro to the northwest. The largest city and the capital of Kosovo is Prishtina, while other cities include Peja, Prizren, Gjakova and Mitrovica
After the Kosova War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the territory came under the interim administration of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), most of whose roles were assumed by the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) in December 2008. In February 2008, the Assembly of Kosova declared Kosova's independence as the Republic of Kosova. Its independence is recognised by 87 UN member states and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Kosova population is around 2 million people, 80% Kosovars and 20% Others (Serbs, Roma, Bosnian, etc.) the main language is Albanian, and most of the people speak (as a second language) Serbian, English and
One thing that will impress you when you visit Kosova is hospitality, people here are very friendly!
