Lab River

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Lab (Llap, Лаб)
Origin Kopaonik mountain, Kosovo, Serbia
Mouth Sitnica river, south of Vučitrn, Kosovo, Serbia
Basin countries Serbia
Length 72 km
Basin area 19,570 km²

The Lab (Albanian: Llap; Serbian Cyrillic: Лаб) is a river in the eastern part of Kosovo, south Serbia. The 72 km long right tributary to the Sitnica river, it is the main river in the Malo Kosovo depression.

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[edit] Gornji Lab

The Lab originates from the Kopaonik mountain, between the Pilatovica and Bela Stena peaks, on the administrative border of Kosovo and central Serbia. The river flows southward, through the region of Gornji Lab (Upper Lab), next to the villages of Marince, Bela Stena, Murgula, Brece and Metohija, receives several smaller streams from the Kopaonik and after it passes the village of Donja Pakaštica, the Lab enters the Malo Kosovo field.

[edit] Malo Kosovo

Malo Kosovo is located between the mountains of Kopaonik (north) and Prugovac (south) and, unlike the Gornji Lab, it is densely populated. After the villages of Dobri Do, Bajčina, Perane and Letance, the Lab reaches the town of Podujevo. At this point, the river bends gently to the southwest and its valley becomes the route for the regional road and railway Niš-Priština. After the larger village of Glavnik, the Lab receives from the left the Batlava river at the Lužane village and spa, and from the right its major tributary, the Kačandolska reka at the village of Donje Ljupče.

[edit] Veliko Kosovo

At the Vrani Do and Besinje villages, the Lab slowly turns west, passes next to the villages of Raškovo, Miloševo, Prilužje and Reka, where it empties into the Sitnica.

The Lab drains an area of 950 km², belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin 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