National Park Sar/Sharr Mountains

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"The Sar mountains ... is a mountain located on the southern border of Serbia (in Kosovo) and the northwest part of Republic of Macedonia...

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. The Sar mountain is the largest compact area covered with pastures on the European continent. This mountain is most known as the origin of the dog breed Sarplaninac ... which was bred on these pastures.

The Sara/Sharr National Park is in the territory of the Autonomous Province Kosovo* and it spreads on 380 square kilometres, on the northern slopes of Sar/Sharr. 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, wolf, roe deer, wild boar 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/Sharr National Park abounds in streams and small rivers and it spreads in the municipalities of Urosevac, Suva Reka, Kacanik and Prizren (in Kosovo province) and Jegunovce, Tearce, Dzepciste, Tetovo and Gostivar (in Republic of Macedonia)." (Wikipedia)

*) Sara is in Kosovo and Metohija - the teritory under protection of KFOR forces.