White Drin Canyon

The White Drin Canyon or White Drin Gorge is a small canyon located in the southwestern . The White Drin river runs through the canyon. The canyon is relatively short, only being about 900 m long with a depth of 45 meters.
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Photo: Faton Haxhiavdyli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: small canyon located in the southwestern Kosovo
  • Also known as: “White Drin Gorge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Terzi Bridge.

Photo: J budissin, CC BY 3.0.
or Terzijski Bridge, also referred to as Tailors' Bridge, is located near the village of , near , . It is a respectable example of Ottoman architecture in Kosovo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellacërkë and Bishtazhin.

Village
Fortesë is a village in the municipality of of the . Before 1999 the village was called Bela Crkva.

Village
Photo: J budissin, CC BY 3.0.
is a village located near , . It is inhabited exclusively by Albanians.

Village
is a village in , . is situated nearby to the villages Kushavec and .

White Drin Canyon

Latitude
42.3555° or 42° 21′ 20″ north
Longitude
20.5385° or 20° 32′ 19″ east
Open location code
8GJ29G4Q+69
Open­Street­Map ID
way 535779753
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Wiki­data ID
Q7994654
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“White Drin Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gryka e Drinit të Bardhë”
  • Armenian: “Բելի Դրինի գետահովիտ”
  • Armenian: “Սպիտակ Դրինի կիրճ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ağ Drin kanyonu”
  • Bashkir: “Аҡ Дрин каньоны”
  • Belarusian: “Каньён Белага Дрына”
  • Bulgarian: “Бели Дрин (каньон)”
  • Bulgarian: “Белодрински каньон”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Drin Kanjono”
  • Georgian: “თეთრი დრინის კანიონი”
  • German: “Drin-Schlucht”
  • German: “Schlucht des Weißen Drin”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι του Λευκού Δρίνου”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér-Drin kanyon”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér-Drin-kanyon”
  • Latvian: “Baltās Drinas kanjons”
  • Macedonian: “Белодримска Клисура”
  • Romanian: “Defileul Drinului Alb”
  • Russian: “Каньон Белого Дрина”
  • Serbian: “Споменик природе „Кањон Белог Дрима код Шфањског моста“”
  • Serbian: “Споменик природе Кањон Белог Дрима код Шфањског моста”
  • Slovenian: “Kanjon Belega Drima”
  • Turkish: “Ak Drin Kanyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Білий Дрін”
  • Ukrainian: “Каньйон Білого Дрина”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gradište and Ura e Fshejtë.

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