Mirusha waterfalls
The Mirusha waterfalls ( Albanian Ujëvarët e Mirushës , Serbian Слапови Мируше Slapovi Miruše ) are a cascade of waterfalls on the river of the same name , located in the south of the Gremnik Mountains in western Kosovo .
Due to its biological diversity , the region along the waterfalls is a nature reserve that covers an area of around 550 hectares and is divided between the three municipalities of Klina , Malisheva and Rahovec .
Location and accessibility
The Mirusha waterfalls are located in a gorge that was formed by the Mirusha, a tributary of the White Drin . They are located in the southern part of the Gremnik Mountains, which belong to the Carraleva massif. In the west these mountains form the border with the western Kosovar plain of Metochien .
The waterfalls are best reached from the west, where there is a connection to the national road M 9-1, which connects the cities of Klina in the north (14 kilometers away) and Gjakova in the southwest (24 kilometers away).
water falls
16 waterfalls extend over a length of ten kilometers in an east-west direction and are at an altitude of 480 to 400 meters. There are 13 small lakes between them.
The highest waterfall is between the sixth and seventh lakes. He is 22 meters high.
Flora and fauna
The area is rich in plant and animal species. The majority of the area is forested by Hungarian oaks . 330 vascular plants have been identified on the territory of the Mirusha Nature Reserve , not counting mosses and thallus types. Of the latter, 44 species of large mushrooms are classified.
A peculiarity in the Mirusha area is the presence of 14 plant communities , five of which are endemic . There are a total of 21 endemic plant species. These include, among others, the Aristolochia merxmuelleri , a pipe flower species that was only found in Mirusha worldwide.
The following animal species were observed in the nature reserve: wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), European badger ( Meles meles ), brown hare ( Lepus europaeus ), squirrel ( Scirius vulgaris ), wolf ( Canis lupus ), wild cat ( Felis silvestris ), pine marten ( Martes martes) ), Muskrat ( Ondatra zibethica ), yellow-necked mouse ( Apodemus flaviocollis ), southern white-breasted hedgehog ( Erinaceus concolor ), Greek tortoise ( Testudo hermanni ) and European horned viper ( Vipera ammodytes ). The Mirusha River also has good conditions for amphibians and fish .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lulëzim Shuka, Besnik Hallaçi: Is Determined Flora and Vegetation of Mirusha (Kosovo) and Kolshi (Albania) area from the Serpentine Substrate? (No longer available online.) University of Tirana , May 25, 2010, formerly the original ; accessed on January 24, 2013 (English, PDF; 214 kB). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mirusha. (No longer available online.) Parks Dinarides, archived from the original on January 12, 2015 ; accessed on January 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mirusha. (No longer available online.) Viewkosova - explore new born, archived from the original on April 24, 2013 ; accessed on January 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 42 ° 31 '23 " N , 20 ° 36' 10" E