Introduction

This article is a literature review regarding the river pollution in Kosova. This country is located in the south-eastern Europe, more particularly in Balkans. Kosova is known for its strategic position, covered with lowland in the middle and surrounded by mountains. Moreover, it has a continental climate accompanied with warm summers and cold winters. Kosovo is landlocked and has a surface area of 10,877 km2 in the center of the Balkan Peninsula. Its neighbor countries are Macedonia (FYROM), Albania, Serbia Proper and Montenegro. It has a diverse terrain and high planes at around 500 meters above sea level, alongside with undulating hills and mountains which can reach the height of over 2000 m. There are a lot of details to exlore in Kosova territory, however in this article we are mainly focused on river pollution, therefore we are going to give our maximum effort on rivers. Kosova has a lot of rivers which can be found in most of the parts of the land. The rivers in Kosova are divided in 4 main basins:  Drini i Bardhe, Ibri, Morava e Binçës and Lepenci (each having a sub-basin of their own). Being located in the center of the Balkans, Kosovo’s rivers flow into 3 different seas which are: the Adriatic, the Aegean and the Back Sea (Aliu, L., Avdullahi, S., Fejza.I., Tmava, A., Behrami, S., Bajraktari, F., & Zogaj, N.,Gazeta Express, GIS, Hammer, OSCE, 2008).

Rivers in Kosova are mainly used for drinking water, agriculture, industry; however, the level of pollution is being higher and higher each day, which is a very serious concern for the citizens of Kosova. In order to get an idea of the water (river) distribution, in particular the 4 main basins in Kosova, the following map shows details: