Lab River

Infobox River | river_name = Lab (Llap, Лаб)


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origin = Kopaonik mountain, Kosovo
mouth = Sitnica river, south of Vučitrn, Kosovo
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length = 72 km
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discharge =
watershed = 19,570 km²

The Lab ( _sq. Llap, _sr. Лаб) is a river in the eastern part of Kosovo. The 72 km long right tributary to the Sitnica river, it is the main river in the Malo Kosovo depression.

"Gornji Lab"

The Lab originates from the Kopaonik mountain, between the "Pilatovica" and "Bela Stena" peaks, on the administrative border of Kosovo and central Serbia. The river flows southward, through the region of "Gornji Lab" (Upper Lab), next to the villages of "Marince", "Bela Stena", "Murgula", "Brece" and "Metohija", receives several smaller streams from the Kopaonik and after it passes the village of "Donja Pakaštica", the Lab enters the "Malo Kosovo" field.

"Malo Kosovo"

"Malo Kosovo" is located between the mountains of Kopaonik (north) and Prugovac (south) and, unlike the "Gornji Lab", it is densely populated. After the villages of "Dobri Do", "Bajčina", "Perane" and "Letance", the Lab reaches the town of Podujevo. At this point, the river bends gently to the southwest and its valley becomes the route for the regional road and railway Niš-Pristina. After the larger village of Glavnik, the Lab receives from the left the Batlava river at the "Lužane" village and spa, and from the right its major tributary, the "Kačandolska reka" at the village of "Donje Ljupče".

"Veliko Kosovo"

At the "Vrani Do" and "Besinje" villages, the Lab slowly turns west, passes next to the villages of "Raškovo", "Miloševo", Prilužje and "Reka", where it empties into the "Sitnica".

The Lab drains an area of 950 km², belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin and it is not navigable.

References

* "Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija", Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): "Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije"; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6