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Encyclopedia > Sar Planina

The Šar mountain (Serbian Шар планина, Šar Planina; Albanian Malet e Sharrit, Sharr) is a mountain on the border of Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.


The mountain is around 80 kilometers long, some 10-20 kilometers wide. Its tallest peak has 2747 meters.


Vegetation on the mountain includes crops up to around 1000 meters, forests up to 1700 meters, and above that lie high pastures which encompass around 550 square kilometers. This mountain is most known as the origin of the dog breed Šarplaninac which was bred on these pastures.


The Sara National Park is in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija and it spreads on 38,000 hectares, on the nothern slopes of Sar Mountain. What this national boasts in particular are the endemic relict Macedonian pine and white-bark pine, as well as the Alpine rose. As for game, this is the habitat of the lynx, bear, chamois and other species.


A locality called "Gine voda" is special attraction because the white-bark pine, Macedonian pine, skotch pine, spruce, sycamore... are represented there all on a small area.


The Sara National Park abounds in streams and small rivers and it spreads in the municipalities of Urosevac, Suva Reka, Kacanik and Prizren.


See also List of mountains in Serbia and Montenegro


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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Sar Planina (284 words)
The Šar mountain (Serbian and Macedonian Шар Планина, Šar Planina; Albanian Malet e Sharrit, Sharr) is a mountain on the border of Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.
Sar Planina is the largest compact area covered with pastures on the European continent.
The Sara National Park is in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija and it spreads on 380 square kilometres, on the nothern slopes of Sar Mountain.
Šarplaninac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (477 words)
The showbreed "Sar" stands between 26 and 30 inches (65-75 cm) in height and weighs 77 to 99 pounds (35-45 kg).
The name comes from the Šar mountain range (Šar Planina) spanning the border of the Macedonia and Kosovo, where he is typically found accompanying and guarding the great sheep flocks as they graze.
It is also believed that the original mountain sheppard dog (based in the Mollos family) was cross bred with wolves during the Middle Ages to create the 'modern' Sar (certainly the modern Sar resembles a wolf in movement).
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