Nerodimka Mountain
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The Nerodimka is a mountain located in the south of Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

. It is named either after the Serbian legend of the woman who can't deliver a baby, . The mountain has two high peaks, Bukova Glava 1721 m (5,646 ft) and Kurkulica 1549 m (5,082 ft).

Geography

The Nerodimka mountain is just a few kilometres north of the Šar Mountains, only split by the Sirinić Valley. Nerodimka forms a continuous range with mountains of Žar planina and Jezerska planina. In the mountain originates the Nerodimka river, a left tributary of the Lepenac
Lepenac
The Lepenac is a river in southern Kosovo and northern Macedonia, a long left tributary to the Vardar river.- Sirinić :The Lepenac springs out on the Kodža Balkan mountain, east of the city of Prizren, Kosovo, at an altitude of . It flows eastward, into the župa of Sirinić, between the Žar...

. Many small streams originate on the mountain and then flow downwards to meet the Lepenac.

Cities, towns and villages

Cities located near the mountain are:
  • Uroševac
    Uroševac
    Ferizaj or Uroševac is a city and municipality in southern Kosovo, located some south of the capital Pristina.Uroševac is the third most populous city in Kosovo, after Pristina and Prizren.It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district...

     (north-east)


Towns located near the mountain are:
  • Mušutište (west)
  • Grebno (east)
  • Štrpce
    Štrpce
    Štrpce is a town and municipality in the District of Uroševac, Kosovo and Metohija.According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Štrpce had a population of around 12,800 people...

     (south)


Villages located near the mountain are:
  • Gornje Nerodimlje (north-east)
  • Jererc (north)
  • Bukosh (west)
  • Gaçkë (south-east)
  • Brezovica
    Brezovica, Kosovo
    Brezovica; or is a village in Štrpce municipality in Kosovo, that is famous for its ski resort.The Brezovica ski resort is a famous tourist attraction in the northwest part of Šar Mountain...

    (south)
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