Korab (, ) is a
mountain range in the eastern corner of
Albania and the western part of
North Macedonia, running along the border between both countries. It forms also the
European Green Belt. In Albania, it is also called ''Vargu lindor'' (), but this term encompasses mountains further north, such as the
Koritnik
Koritnik ( sq, Maja e Koritnikut) is a wooded, limestone mountain, located in northeastern Albania and southwest Kosovo between the cities of Kukës and Prizren. The mountain is entirely surrounded by branches of the White Drin river. The highest ...
and
Gjallica. The highest peak is
Mount Korab at
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
.
With a prominence of , Korab is the 18th most prominent mountain peak in the
European continent. The mountains are composed of sedimentary rock, including shale, sandstone, dolomite and limestone. The name refers to a Paleochristian sea god.
Geographically
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...
, the Korab mountain range extends from the
Dibër Valley Dibër may refer to:
*Dibër Valley, known today as the "Two Dibers", a tribal-highland region of northern Albania with the administrative and commercial center in Debar that was split between Albania and Yugoslavia, present North Macedonia
Alban ...
in a north-south direction, between the river valleys of the
Black Drin and its tributary the Radika. It is located near the
tripoint of Albania, North Macedonia, and
Kosovo, southwest of the
Å ar Mountains. The Drin Valley lies around to the west, the bed of the Radika at about above sea level.
The geology of the park is dominated by mountains made up of exposed faulted sedimentary rock and valleys containing glacial lakes.
The Albanian part has numerous high peaks and ranges, almost as tall as the Korab
massif. To the north of this double-peak there are many other nameless peaks of a similar height. Korab-Pforte (, ) lies around southwest of Korab
massif and is almost as tall as the main mountain, at . A few hundred meters further south, there are another peaks,
Maja e Moravës
''Maja e Moravës'', a mountain peak on the border between Albania and North Macedonia reaches a height of above mean sea level. Maja e Moravës is on the southern section of Mount Korab
Korab ( sq, Maja e Korabit or ''Mali i Korabit''; mk, Г ...
and
Mali i Gramës . The mountains are composed of shale and
limestone. Much of the range is protected by nature parks; the
Korab-Koritnik Nature Park
The Korab-Koritnik Nature Park ( sq, Parku Natyror i Korab-Koritnikut) is a nature park in eastern Albania and forms a section of the European Green Belt, which serves as a retreat for endangered species, endangered animal and plant species. It e ...
.
South of the complex of peaks around Mount Korab, there are other large mountains:
Mali i Gramës () and
Dešat's Velivar summit (). After that, the range falls away to the city of
Debar and the
Debar Lake.
The city of
Peshkopi is to the southwest of Mali i Gramës and has geothermal baths.
Image gallery
Mali Korab and Korabska Vrata.jpg, Mali Korab and Korabska Vrata captured from Mount Korab
MountKorab.jpg, The range from the Macedonian side
Velky Korab 2011.jpg, Fusha e Korabit
Liqeni i Gramës.jpg, Glacial Gramë Lake
Deshat-from-Trebishte.jpg, Dešat
File:Mali Bardhe.jpg, Gypsum near the Mali i Bardhë
See also
*
Geography of Albania
*
Geography of North Macedonia
References
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Mountain ranges of Albania
Mountain ranges of North Macedonia
Protected areas of Dibër County
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