Klina River

Klina (Клина)
Klina (Клина)
	The Klina river at the eastern end of Klina city
Location
Country	Kosovo
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Suva Planina mountain, south of Lake Gazivode
Mouth
• location	White Drin, near Klina
• coordinates	42°36′41″N 20°34′06″E / 42.6114°N 20.5683°ECoordinates: 42°36′41″N 20°34′06″E / 42.6114°N 20.5683°E
Length	62 km (39 mi)
Basin size	393 km2 (152 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	White Drin→ Drin→ Adriatic Sea

The Klina (Serbian Cyrillic: Клина; Albanian: Klina) is a river in Kosovo^[a], a 62 km-long left tributary to the White Drin. It flows entirely within Kosovo proper.

The Klina originates from the northeastern slopes of the mountain, south of the artificial Lake Gazivode on the Ibar river, under the Rudopolje peak. In the initial section of the course, the Klina curves a lot, first flows east (at the village of Kaldura), turns south (at Jabuka), east again (at Crepulja) and southeast (at Gornji Strmac).

As it flows parallel to the Ibar and Sitnica rivers, it passes next to the medieval ruins of town and the village of Gornja Klina, reaching the regional center of Skenderaj, the village of and the monastery of Devič, where the Klina turns southwest, marking the northern border of the Drenica region.

Between the villages of Tušilje and Ovčarevo, the Klina receives from the right its major tributary, the Move. At Dobra Voda, the river turns sharply to the west entering the Metohija (Dukagjini) region. From this point, the river valley is also a route for the Prishtina-Pejë (Priština-Peć) section of the Transbalkanic railway. After the village of Podrgađe, the river reaches the town of Klina and soon after, empties into the White Drin.

The river is rich in hydro electrical potential, but this resource is not used. The Klina belongs to the Adriatic Sea drainage basin (draining itself 393 km²) and it is not navigable.

Notes[]

a.

^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References[]

Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6

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