Erenik
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| Erenik Ереник |
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| Origin | Đaravica peak, Prokletije mountains, Kosovo |
| Mouth | White Drin, east of Đakovica, Kosovo |
| Basin countries | Kosovo |
| Length | 51 km |
| Basin area | 516 km² |
The Erenik (Albanian: Erenik; Serbian Cyrillic: Ереник) is a river in Kosovo. Located in Metohija, it's a 51 km-long right tributary to the White Drin river.
The Erenik originates near the Albanian border, in the northern slopes of the Junička mountain, a part of the Prokletije massif, under the Đaravica peak (2,656 m), the highest in Kosovo. The river flows to the south and south-east and follows the eastern edge of the Prokletije mountains, dividing them from the Metohija region.
Before it reaches the town of Đakovica, there is a string of settlements on the river, as the area is densely populated: the villages of Jasiċ, Nivokaz and Ponoševac, the small town of Junik and the village and mine of Babaj Boks. It receives many streams from the right, coming down from the Prokletije (most notably, Šlepica and Rečica), but the Erenik's major tributaries are from its Metohijan side (Trava, Loćanska Bistrica).
After Đakovica, the Erenik flows next to the villages of Rača and Bistražin, emptying soon into the White Drin near the village and hill of Gradiš. In the hill, the river formed a galleric epigene feature called Švanjski most. The river valley in this final section serves as a part of the route of the Peć-Đakovica-Prizren road.
The Erenik belongs to the Adriatic Sea drainage basin, drains an area of 516 km², and it is not navigable.
[edit] References
- Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
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