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29-771: The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the Piva River Canyon on the west, and by the Komarnica River Canyon on the south. To the east, the Durmitor opens to a 1,500 m (4,921 ft) high plateau , called Jezerska površ (Plateau of Lakes). Mount Sinjavina is located to the east of the Jezerska površ plateau. The Durmitor is for the most part located in the Žabljak municipality. The massif gives its name to

58-576: A 40–60 megawatt hydroelectric plant. The canyon is part of the Tara River rafting route. The one-day rafting route runs from Brstnovica to Sćepan Polje. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) miles long. This part of the canyon has the steepest drop in elevation. It includes 21 out of 50 rapids in that part of the Tara. The rapids are Brstanovići, Pećine, Celije and Vjernovički. The longer rafting route covers 100 kilometres (62 mi). The route begins with

87-433: A host of cascades, offering whitewater between category 2 and 4. Extending over 158 kilometers, the Tara River welcomes contributions from 14 rivers, boasting 69 rapids and over 40 cascades, including the prominent Crna Vrela, Bijela Vrela, Djavolje Lazi, Sokolovina, and Bijeli Kamen. The river gets large quantities of water from abundant wellsprings and a few short tributaries . The most important left bank tributaries are

116-464: A station on Belgrade–Bar railway . It is also at the intersection of the main road connecting Montenegro's coast and Podgorica with northern Montenegro and Serbia ( E65 , E80 ), and the road leading towards Žabljak and Pljevlja . Mojkovac is on the east/right bank of the Tara River , between the mountains of Bjelasica and Sinjajevina . The old mining village of Brskovo is nearby. Brskovo

145-467: Is around 120, and the height of the snow cover reaches 150 cm, and in the mountains it is much more. Out of the total area of the Municipality of Mojkovac (367 km (142 sq mi)), 169.5 km (65.4 sq mi) or 46.2% is forests, 129.91 km (50.16 sq mi) or 35.4% is arable land, and 67.2 km (25.9 sq mi) or 18.4% is non-cultivated area. Since

174-415: Is the centre of Montenegrin mountain tourism. The tourist facilities are concentrated around the town of Žabljak . In winter, the main activities on Durmitor are skiing and snowboarding . In summer, the activities shift to hiking , mountaineering and recreational tourism . Water sports are also practiced in the area. Some of the most prominent attractions of Durmitor mountain are 18 glacial lakes ,

203-528: Is the Đevojačka glava on Sinjajevina at 42054 'SGŠ; the most eastern point is the Mokro Polje in Bjelasica on the 19040's IGD and the westernmost point is Pećarac peak at Sinjajevina on 19021 IGD. The territory of this municipality borders with municipalities: Kolašin , Šavnik , Žabljak , Bijelo Polje and Berane . The Municipality of Mojkovac encompasses the extended Tara River valley, which divides

232-686: The Vrbas and Tara rivers. 43°12′32″N 19°04′40″E  /  43.209°N 19.0777°E  / 43.209; 19.0777 Mojkovac Mojkovac ( Montenegrin Cyrillic : Мојковац, pronounced [mɔ̌ːjkoʋats] ) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region . It has a population of 2,506 (2023 census). Mojkovac is the centre of Mojkovac Municipality , which has a population of 6,824. The municipality of Mojkovac covers an area of 367 km (142 sq mi) and according to

261-456: The national park that comprises it. Durmitor National Park was founded in 1952, and designated as a World Heritage Site in 1980. The massif has 48 peaks above 2,000 meters (6,562 ft). Highest peaks are: Durmitor features 18 glacial lakes , scattered over mountain massif and Jezerska Površ plateau. The lakes add significantly to the beauty of the mountain, and have been nicknamed Gorske Oči , or "mountain eyes". One theory of

290-598: The Balkans. Farming evolved alongside livestock. It takes place on small rural farms running along the left and right banks of the Tara River. They include potato, cabbage, beans, harbors and other continental vegetable crops, and most of the fruits are predominantly of plum, apple, pear, walnut and the like. The fact that 46.2% of the total territory is covered by forests speaks enough about the great wood resources that this municipality has. The forests of willow, oak, birch, beech, then fir, spruce, pine, and pestilence range from

319-741: The Drina river, is Europe's main habitat and spawning ground for huchen ( Hucho hucho ). The governments of Montenegro and the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina had plans to flood a considerable part of the gorge, to construct one or more hydroelectric dams on the Drina and possibly the Tara. A plan to construct dams in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river, has not been abandoned. One proposed dam at Buk Bijela village, some 15 kilometers downstream of border with Montenegro and

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348-757: The Ljutica and the Sušica, while the most important right bank tributaries are the Vaskovaćka Rijeka and the Draga. The most important wellspring is the Bajlovića Sige, located on the right bank, contributing a few hundred liters per second. The water pouring from the Bučevica Cave falls into the Tara more than thirty metres high, and more than a hundred and fifty meters wide. The roar from the cascades can be heard from

377-635: The Strait (1,007 m (3,304 ft)), through which it enters the expanded and well populated Leposnica Valley, the tributaries of Lim. In Mojkovac, a moderate continental climate predominates, which is quite similar to Kolašin's climate. A hydrometeorological station has recently been set up in Mojkovac, so the future monitoring of climatic data will be more precise. The shield average 1,889 mm of rainfall annually, Mojkovac 1,664 mm, and Lower Dobrilovina 1,121 mm. The number of snow days per year

406-587: The Tara River to the foot of the largest mountain peaks. Uncontrolled logging and exploitation threatens the forest wealth of this region. The economic development of the Mojkovo region after the Second World War was based on mining, wood and machinery industries. After more than six centuries in 1966, the Brskovo mine was opened, from which the exploitation of lead and zinc ore will be exploited until

435-529: The area of the municipality into approximately two equal parts. The Tara valley is a composite character: the gorges, basins and parts of the canyon are scattered. From the gorge, which is located north of the mouth of the Štitarička River, there is a Mojkovac valley, which passes from the Feratovo Polje, through Podbišće, Donje Selo and Mojkovac to the ravine of the Upper and Lower Polje. The total length of

464-465: The basin is 9 km (5.6 mi), and the width is 2.5 km (1.6 mi). In the canyon part of Tara, which belongs to the municipality of Mojkovac, larger extensions are around the mouth of Bistrica, Ravnik (3.3 km × 2.5 km (2.1 mi × 1.6 mi)) and around Gornja Dobrilovina and black black pine forest in Crni Podim. Four kilometers north of Mojkovac is the passage of

493-663: The best known of which is the Black Lake and the mountain peak Stožina . Tara River Canyon The Tara River Canyon ( Montenegrin : Kanjon Tare , Serbian Cyrillic : Кањон Таре ; [kǎɲɔːn târɛː] ), also known as the Tara River Gorge , is the river canyon of the Tara river. It is for the most part located in Montenegro , and to a smaller extent in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The most attractive part of

522-724: The canyon are the high rocks of the mountain range of Ljubišnja , which are located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Durmitor National Park . Known as "The Tear of Europe," the Tara River Gorge stands as the second deepest canyon in Europe behind the Sulak Canyon , and also behind the Grand Canyon for third deepest globally. The park's right and left sides from the point of Crna Poda near

551-483: The canyon is protected as a part of Durmitor National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The canyon features rocky and pebbly terraces, sandy beaches , high cliffs, and more than 80 large caves . The Tara River becomes the Drina at the point of confluence with the Piva near Hum, and is some hundred and fifty kilometers long at that point. In the park, the river has a mean fall of 3.6 meters/kilometer, with

580-496: The canyon peaks. Among the more than forty cascades, the most famous are Đavolje Lazi, Sokolovina, Bijeli Kamen, Gornji Tepački Buk and Donji Tepački Buk. Because of the quality of its water, and because of its unique ecological system, Tara River Gorge earned UNESCO recognition in 1977 as part of the "Man and Biosphere" program (“Čovjek i biosfera”) and entered into the world's ecological biosphere reservations, protecting it under an international convention. The river, together with

609-418: The collapse of Brskovo (at the end of the 14th century), the inhabitants of Mojkovac region mostly dealt with agriculture. There was livestock breeding, and in the mountainous regions to this day, the primary economic branch remained. It was based on spacious mountain pastures. Mount Sinjajevina, with a land area of 120,000 ha in which 200,000 sheep can be planted, is one of the richest pasture cattle mountains in

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638-589: The confluence of the Tara with the Piva river, the Buk Bijela Hydro Power Plant , although apparently abandoned in April 2005 after successful protests, was reconsidered as recently as 2018. A concession was given to HE Buk Bijela company created in Foča in 2018. A September 2006 cooperation agreement between Slovenian company Petrol and Montenegrin company Montenegro-bonus specified construction of

667-406: The duration of time that the ancient Celts spent around these part and the Tara River (Tara is a Celtic goddess, as well), its name being of Celtic origin, it is very possible that Durmitor is a name of similar origin. Zeta river also has a Celtic origin name ("Loved one"). Durmitor National Park , created in 1952, includes the massif of Durmitor, the canyons of Tara , Sušica and Draga rivers and

696-492: The end of the 1980s, when it is closed. In 1951 KD "Vukman Kruščić", which in that period represented the center of the wood industry of Montenegro, started operating in Mojkovac. The head of the machine industry in this region is the factories "Tara-Precision" and "Tara-Aerospace". Local football team is Brskovo , which spent a season in the country's second tier , playing home games at the Gradski stadion . Mojkovac Town has

725-553: The higher part of the canyon plateau Komarnica, covering an area of 390 square kilometers (150 sq mi). It is the largest protected area in Montenegro, and it was inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1980. At 80 kilometers (50 mi) long and 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) deep, the Tara River Canyon in Durmitor National Park is the deepest gorge in Europe. Durmitor mountain

754-487: The name Durmitor is that it is derived from Eastern Romance , meaning 'sleeping place' (cognate with English dormitory ). There are similarly named mountains, such as Visitor (cf. visător 'dreamer') and Cipitor (cf. ațipitor 'sleeper') across the former Yugoslavia. Another theory is that the name was given by the Celts, and the meaning would be anything from 'water from the mountain' to 'ridged mountain'. Considering

783-416: The number of inhabitants (10 015 / 2003g) belongs among the smaller municipalities in Montenegro. The city resort is located at an altitude of 853 m (2,799 ft). Its mathematical position is determined by geographical coordinates: the northernmost point is located at 43005 'SGŠ, which is at the same time the lowest point of the municipality, located on the banks of the Tara River; the southernmost point

812-472: The town of Mojkovac belong to the Municipality of Pljevlja . The canyon stretches from near Bistrica in Montenegro to Hum in Bosnia and Herzegovina , over 82 kilometers (51 miles). The last 36 kilometers form the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The canyon is up to 1,300 meters (4,300 feet) deep. Tara River Canyon is one of the deepest river canyons in Europe. Within Montenegro

841-605: The waterfalls of Ljutica and passes under the 541 feet high monumental bridge. Next is the old Roman road and the Lever Tara. "Funjički Bukovi" and "Bijele Ploče" rapids are followed by "Nisovo Vrelo", the deepest part of the canyon. Further is the bottom of Curevac mountain that reaches 1,650 metres (5,410 ft). In 2005 and 2009, the European Championships in Rafting were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on

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