Anamorava ( sq, Anamoravë) or Kosovo Pomoravlje ( sr, Косовско Поморавље / ''Kosovsko Pomoravlje'', " Pomoravlje of Kosovo"), is a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

in the Republic of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...

, in the southern part of the

District of Gjilan The District of Gjilan ( sq, Rajoni i Gjilanit) is one of the seven districts (the higher-level administrative divisions) of Kosovo. Its seat is in the city of Gjilan. History Anamorava, literally "side of river of Morava", is the hilly countrys ...

surrounding the Morava e Binçës River. It stretches eastward to the

Preševo Valley The Preševo Valley ( sr-cyrl, Прешевска долина, Preševska dolina, al, Lugina e Preshevës) is a geopolitical region in southern Serbia, along the border with Kosovo. The valley geographically includes municipalities of Bujanovac ...

in southern

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. The mountains in this region, rising to an altitude of , border the Karadak region in north of

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

Gjilan Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

, Kamenica, Novobërdë and Viti are

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

located in the region. The region gave its name to Kosovo-Pomoravlje District, which largely corresponds to its successor

in the Republic of Kosovo. It is known for recording the lowest temperature in Kosovo: , on 25 January 1963.

Name

The region is known as ''Kosovsko Pomoravlje'' (, "Morava Valley of Kosovo") in

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

and as ' ("Valley of Binač Morava") in Albanian. Its name is derived from the Binačka Morava (Morava e Binçës) River, which flows through northern

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

, eastern

and southern

as part of the

Great Morava The Great Morava ( sr, Велика Морава, Velika Morava, ) is the final section of the Morava ( sr-Cyrl, Морава), a major river system in Serbia. Etymology According to Predrag Komatina from the Institute for Byzantine Studie ...

river system.

Geography

Kosovo-Pomoravlje District was a district of Serbia until 1999. After the

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo. The UNMIK describes its mandate as being to "help the United Nations Security Council achieve an overall ...

took control in 1999, it was transformed into the

. Anamorava is about long and wide. It is bordered by the

Skopska Crna Gora tr, Karadağ, italics=no , photo = Skopska Crna Gora-MKD.JPG , photo_caption = , photo_size = 250 , highest = Ramno , elevation_m = 1651 , elevation_ref = , prominence_m = , prominence_ref = , listing = , location = North Macedonia ...

mountains in the south and the

Gollak Gollak ( sq-definite, Gollaku, sr, Гољак, Goljak) or Gallap ( sq-definite, Gallapi) is a mountainous and ethnographic region in the eastern part of Kosovo and partially in Serbia, bordering the Llap region to the North, the Kosovo field ...

in the north, and borders Kosovo field in the west. On the east, it borders the Morava Valley. The region's largest city is

. The region can be divided into Lower Anamorava ( sq, Anamorava e Poshtme) and Upper Anamorava ( sq, Anamorava e Epërme), which is also part of the Karadak region. Kalaja e Pogragjës

The region includes part of the valley and the Karadak region and

Koznik Koznik Castle is a medieval castle in central Serbia, 10 km northwest from the present day town of Brus, on a hillside of mountain Kopaonik, on the right bank in the upper flow of river Rasina. The castle was built on top of a steep hill dom ...

mountains. Gjilan has six municipalities and 287 smaller settlements. The spa in Klokot has several thermal springs valued for their medicinal qualities.

Climate

At an altitude of above sea level, the region has a Mediterranean sub-continental (Koppen classification:

humid subtropical A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

) climate with light winds (usually from the southeast). Rainfall is light, and winter often brings rain and wet snow from the north; southern and southwestern winds tend to bring warm, dry weather. The region's average annual temperature is . January's average is , and July's is .

Hydrography

Tributaries of the Morava river system include the Karadak and Llapushnica rivers. The

is a corridor between the Morava and Vardar valleys, and the Morava valley's wetlands are home to many species of birds.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Rail traffic passes through the valley near the tributaries.-Transporti nė Kosovė Transportation - Kosovo Pomoravlje
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