The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010

Gjendja e Ujërave në Kosovë3. WATER RESOURCES3.1 SURFACE WATERSThe annual average of water flow from Kosovo is approximately 3.8 x 109 or 121.2 m3 /sec, while the total accumulated volume in existing accumulations is 569.69 million m3,which represents only 15.7% of the total average amount. Most of the rivers belong to theBlack Sea basin 50.7%, the Adriatic Sea 43.5% and Aegean Sea 5.8%. Most of the riversare characterized by irregular seasonal flow. River flows are higher during winter orearly spring.Accumulative surface topography of Kosovo is 11,645 km2, which means that only 758km2 or 6.5% is inconsistent with its total area (10,887 km2).3.1.1 Rivers and River BasinsThe hydrography of water flows of Kosovo is split into four river basins: the Drini i Bardhe,Ibri, Morava e Binçës and Lepenci.Kosovo river flows pour into three sea basins: Black Sea, Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea.The main rivers that belong to the Black Sea basin are: Ibri, Sitnica with its branches(Llapi, Drenica); and Morava e Binçës. Rivers that belong to the Adriatic Sea is the Drinii Bardhe with its branches (Lumëbardhi i Pejes, Lumëbardhi i Decanit, Lumëbardhi iPrizrenit, Klina, Ereniku, Mirusha, Toplluha and Plava). The Lepenci river with its mainbranch (Nerodime) belongs to the Aegean Sea. Watershed lines (river basins), flow indifferent directions. The flow ratio ranges from 3.93 l/sec/km2 (Morava e Binçës) to 42.46l/sec/km2 (Lumëbardhi i Decanit).The Drini i Bardhe river has the greatest length in kilometres within the territory ofKosovo with 122 km, while the Lumëbardhi i Prizrenit is shortest with 31 km. Data on thelength of main rivers within the territory of Kosovo are presented in the tab. 5.Table 5 : Length in kilometres of main rivers in Kosovo 14Name Length in km within Kosovo territory s Surface km 2Drini i Bardhë 122 4.622Sitnica 90 2.873Lumëbardhi i Pejës 62 424.9Morava e Binçës 60 1.552Lepenci 53 679.0Ereniku 51 510.3Ibri 42 1.155Lumëbardhi i Prizrenit 31 262.614 Facts on the environment, SOK, 2007© Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit31120