White Drin Waterfall

White Drin Waterfall
Ujëvara e Drinit të Bardhë
White Drin Waterfall; Ujëvara e Drinit të Bardhë
	Waterfall at the mouth of the White Drin river
Location	Peja, Kosovo
Coordinates	42°44′17″N 20°18′21″E / 42.738051°N 20.305765°ECoordinates: 42°44′17″N 20°18′21″E / 42.738051°N 20.305765°E
Elevation	560m
Total height	25 m (82 ft)
Watercourse	White Drin

The White Drin Waterfall (Albanian: Ujëvara e Drinit të Bardhë) is a waterfall in the western part of Kosovo^[a]. It is located in the in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna in the village of Radavc, 11 km away from the town of Peja. The waterfall is located at the mouth of the White Drin river and is 25 m (82 ft) high. Mountainous scenery surrounds the waterfall and makes it a popular tourist attraction throughout Kosovo. Other smaller waterfalls are near the area.

The flow of White Drin further downstream

The waterfall, together with the cave and the spring of White Drin River is taken under legal protection in 1983, as nature monument due to its geomorphological, hydrological and touristic values with a surface of 89.94 ha (1 km²).^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 states later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

^ State of Nature Report 2006-2007 (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection. 2008.

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[status-1] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 states later withdrew their recognition.

[2] State of Nature Report 2006-2007 (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection. 2008.

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White Drin Waterfall Ujëvara e Drinit të Bardhë
Waterfall at the mouth of the White Drin river
Location	Peja, Kosovo^[a]
Coordinates	42°44′17″N 20°18′21″E / 42.738051°N 20.305765°E / 42.738051; 20.305765Coordinates: 42°44′17″N 20°18′21″E / 42.738051°N 20.305765°E / 42.738051; 20.305765
Elevation	560m
Total height	25 m (82 ft)
Watercourse	White Drin