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	Radaca, Peja, Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
Coordinates	42°44′17″N 20°18′21″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[lower-alpha 1]. It is located in the Zhleb mountain 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]

Notes

The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

References

State of Nature Report 2006-2007 (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022.

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[status-1] The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

[2] State of Nature Report 2006-2007 (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Kosovo Institute for Nature Protection. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022.