Crnoljeva

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The Crnoljeva (Albanian: Carralevë; Serbian Cyrillic: Црнољева) is a mountain in southern Serbia, in central Kosovo province, dividing its two main geographical parts, the fields of Veliko Kosovo and Metohija. The Crnoljeva is also a point where all three drainage basins of Serbia (and three out of four in the Balkans) meet, making the mountain a major hydrographic knot.

The Crnoljeva is located in the south-central part of Kosovo, between the valleys of the rivers Drenica (to the east) and Miruša and Topluga (to the west). The mountain is elongated in the north-south direction and divides the Prizren depression of the Metohija from the Drenica region of the Veliko Kosovo. The highest peak is Topila (1,177 m), while the Drmanska glava peak (926 m) is point of the hydrographic knot. Another prominent peak is the Korenik (1,142 m).

The Crnoljeva is rich in ores, most notably the chromium, magnesite and coal. Right through the middle of the mountain goes the regional Uroševac-Prizren road, using the natural route of the Crnoljeva reka river valley.

Some rivers originating from the mountain are:

Drenica, Topila and Crnoljeva reka; through the Sitnica they drain the area into the Black Sea;
Nerodimka; through the Lepenac it drains the area into the Aegean Sea;
Banja, Miruša and Topluga; through the Beli Drim they drain the area into the Adriatic Sea;

Larger settlements around the Crnoljeva are Štimlje (east), Suva Reka, Blace, Banja, Mališevo (west), Lapušnik and Komorane (north).