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The Republic of Montenegro (Serbian: Црна Гора, Crna Gora, meaning "black mountain") is a small, mountainous state in the Serbia and Montenegro union, bordering Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and the Adriatic Sea. The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ...
A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ...
Terrain
That the observation of the Italian botanist Baldaci about "the poetic and the pathetic characteristics" of nature in Montenegro was not a lyrical overstatement is supported by the fact that Montenegro is both a seaside and continental, mountain country. There are four climatic types with a variety of microclimatic changes and variations. Being in the middle between the subtropical and subpolar regions, the air currents from Africa going north and the polar fronts moving towards the South replace each other over Montenegro. Map of Serbia and Montenegro, from CIA World Factbook. ...
Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ...
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There are 40 lakes in Montenegro, and eighty percent of the territory is comprised of forests, natural pasturelands and meadows. The 2,833 plant species and subspecies that grow on the mere 0.14 % of the total surface area of Europe which belongs to Montenegro, make almost a quarter of the European flora.
Montenegro is the country of natural rarities which is shown throughout the four clearly differentiated geographic regions within its small area.
Seaside The Seaside presents a striking contrast to the other three regions, and makes the Mediterranean "facade" of Montenegro. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
The width of the Adriatic Sea is greatest between Montenegro and Southern Italy (around 200 km), and that part of the Adriatic is at the same time the deepest (greatest depth is 1,330 m at the point 120 km south-west of the Bay of Kotor). A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ...
Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor, Bocca di Cattaro) in Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic sea. ...
The length of the coastline is 293.5 km, of which 52 km are beaches. The Montenegrin seaside is a very narrow strip of land (2-10 km wide), separated from the inland by high and steep limestone mountains of Rumija, Sutorman, Orjen, and Lovćen. The coast is very indented with numerous bays and coves. The largest, and most impressive is the Bay of Kotor, which is the world's southernmost fjord. Orjen (42. ...
Lovćen is a mountain located in the southwest of Montenegro. ...
Rocky tablelands A special geomorphologic region in Montenegro is the limestone area, that is in complete contrast to the Seaside, which it literally overhangs. Plants and animals are scarce here, and patches of fertile land can be found in karst depressions - poljes - and crater-like hollows - vrtaces.
Limestone easily drains, so even the heaviest annual rainfalls have little effect here. Even though the place is the ainiest in Europe, there is a paradox: heavy rainfall, but almost none water for people.
Situated in this region is Lovćen National Park.
Central Montenegrin depression Lake Skadar, the fertile Zeta plain with the Zeta River valley, and the Nikšić field (polje), comprise the third geomorphologic region of Montenegro. This is a lowland and the only plain area in Montenegro. Skadar Lake (also called Shkodër, Scutari or Skadarsko lake), is a lake on the border of Serbia and Montenegro and Albania, the largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula. ...
Wineyards in Zeta plain Zeta plain is fertile lowland in Montenegro. ...
Bjelopavlići valley, or Zeta River valley is strip of fertile lowland in Montenegro. ...
Mayor Labud Sljukić Area km² Population - city - district - density 61,700 in 2003 /km² Time zone Summer Time CET (UTC +1) CEST (UTC +2) Founded IV Century AD as Onogost Latitude Longitude 42. ...
The average altitude of the Zeta plain is 40 m in its northern part, whereas the Nikšić plain, that in terms of space makes part of it, is 500 m higher.
The fertile lowlands along the river valleys are the ideal place for human settlements, so that the Zeta plain, the Zeta River valley, and the Nikšić field record the highest concentration of population in Montenegro. The two largest cities in the Republic - Podgorica and Nikšić - are situated here.
In this area, there is the Lake Skadar National park.
High mountains The north of Montenegro is the area of high limestone mountains. From the tablelands and plateaus of 1,700 m in altitude, rise vast mountain ranges and ridges of over 2,000 m (Durmitor, Bjelasica, Komovi, Visitor). These mountain ranges are rich in pasturelands, forests and numerous mountain lakes, of which there are 29 in Montenegro. The rivers Piva, Tara, Morača, Ćehotina and their tributaries have cut deep narrow steep-sided channels in the limestone - the canyons, whose beauty and size are unique. In its size, the canyon of the Tara is the second largest in the world. Durmitor is a mountain and the name of a national park in Montenegro. ...
A Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution (i. ...
Tara is a river in Montenegro. ...
The MoraÄa is a river that runs through the city of Podgorica, in Serbia and Montenegro. ...
In this region there are two magnificent national parks - Biogradska Gora and Durmitor.
Climate The contrasts in the land (topography) are related to climate. While the Mediterranean climate prevails at the seaside, in the closest hinterland, only few air-distance kilometers away, the dominant climate is continental. The Dinaric range of mountains (Orjen, Lovcen and Rumija) rises steep above the coast, and just like a gigantic backdrop largely prevents the penetration of the Mediterranean climate into the inland. At the seaside region the average July temperatures are between 23.4ºC and 25.6ºC. Summers are usually long and dry, winters short and mild. Along the valley of the River Bojana, over the basin of Lake Skadar and upstream the Moraca, waves of intense heat penetrate to Podgorica, making it the warmest city in Yugoslavia.
In central Montenegro, in the regions of Zetska and Bjelopavlicka plains, July temperatures are 26.4º (in Podgorica), and 25.4º (in Danilovgrad). The absolute maximum can sometimes reach 40ºC. The average January temperatures are around 5ºC, with the absolute minimum of -10ºC.
In the region of high limestone mountains, the climate is typically sub alpine - with cold, snow-abundant winters and moderate summers. While along the Montenegrin seaside and in the basin of Lake Skadar snow is a rarity, on Mt. Durmitor it can fall up to five meters. In the northern parts of Montenegro, and particularly in the high mountains, due to low evaporation, the snow remains for several months and sometimes even over the whole year.
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