The Lumbardhi i Prizrenit or Prizren Bistrica ( sq, Bistrica e Prizrenit; sr, Призренска Бистрица / ''Prizrenska Bistrica'')
is a river in
Kosovo. It flows through the villages of
Sredska and
Prizren
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, and empties into the
White Drin river. It is long, and has a
drainage basin of . It stems from the
Sharr Mountains
Dragash or Sharr ( sq-definite, Dragashi or ''Sharri'') or Dragaš ( sr-cyr, Драгаш), is a town and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Dragash has 1,098 inhabitants, while the ...
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The most important tributaries of Prizren's Lumbardh are Shartica, Petroshnica, Drajçica, Lubinja, Jabllanica and Lumi i Manastirit.
Name
The river's name, Lumbardh, literally translates to White River in
Albanian
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. The adjective, ''i Prizrenit'', differentiates it from the other Lumbardh tributaries of the White Drin ( sq, Drinit të Bardhë) in the Dukagjini area.
The name ''Bistrica'' means "clearwater" in Serbian. The adjective ''Prizrenska'', "of
Prizren
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", is added to distinguish it from other Bistrica rivers in the
Dukagjini region:
Dečani Bistrica ("of
Dečani"),
Lumbardhi i Pejës ("of
Peja/Peć"),
Kožnjar Bistrica ("of
Kožnjar"),
Loćane Bistrica ("of
Lloqan/Loćane"), etc.
See also
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Prizren
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White Drin
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Prizrenasja Hydro Power Plant Museum
Annotations
References
Rivers of Kosovo
Geography of Prizren District
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