{{Short description|Mountain in Albania and Kosovo}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Koritnik | image = Koritnik_from_Pashtrik.jpg | image_caption = Mount Koritnik on the left from Pashtrik | image_width = | elevation_m = 2396 | elevation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/graphics/doc/downloads/publikime/Tregues%20sipas%20qarqeve2006.pdf |title=TREGUES SIPAS QARQEVE INDICATORS BY PREFECTURES |access-date=2011-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163040/http://www.instat.gov.al/graphics/doc/downloads/publikime/Tregues%20sipas%20qarqeve2006.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | map = Kosovo | map_caption = Location on the border of Albania and Kosovo | map_size = 250 | listing = Ultra | location = Kukës, Albania <br> Prizren, Kosovo | range = Korab Mountains<ref>{{cite web|title=STRATEGJIA TERRITORIALE E NJËSISË VENDORE KUKËS|url=http://www.kukesi.gov.al/bashkia/permbajtia/uploads/2016/03/Strategjia-e-zhvillimit-Bashkia-Kukes.pdf|website=kukesi.gov.al|page=14|language=en|access-date=2017-10-02|archive-date=2017-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075434/http://www.kukesi.gov.al/bashkia/permbajtia/uploads/2016/03/Strategjia-e-zhvillimit-Bashkia-Kukes.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|42|5|0|N|20|34|0|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | age = Triassic<ref>{{cite book|title=Kosovo: Sehenswürdigkeiten und Schönheiten|date=31 December 1970|publisher=Uros Maksimovic|pages=11–12|edition=Dr. Dragan Ćukić|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfm2AQAAQBAJ&q=sar+planina+gebirge&pg=PA11}}</ref> | type = Limestone | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Koritnik''' ({{Lang-sq-definite|Koritniku}}) is a wooded, limestone mountain, located in northeastern Albania and southwest Kosovo between the cities of Kukës and Prizren.<ref>{{cite book|title=Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part I: Europe|date=8 June 2004|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=9780080540146|page=383|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKsL8CFcdAoC&q=koritnik+mountain&pg=PA383}}</ref> The mountain is entirely surrounded by branches of the White Drin river. The highest point of Koritnik massif, Maja e Pikëllimës reaches an elevation of {{convert|2393|m}} above the Adriatic. Gryka e Vanavës ({{langx|en|Vanave Gorge}}) separates the mountain from Gjallica. The gorge is {{convert|3.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|30|m|abbr=on|-1}} wide, and about {{convert|300|m|abbr=on}} deep.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanioni i Vanave|url=http://www.akzm.gov.al/apps/akzm_cd/Kukes/KU_Mon/KU06.htm|website=akzm.gov.al|language=sq|access-date=2017-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307023643/http://akzm.gov.al/apps/akzm_cd/Kukes/KU_Mon/KU06.htm|archive-date=2019-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The massif falls within the Balkan mixed forests terrestrial ecoregion of the Palearctic temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. The slopes of the mountain meadows are mostly covered with coniferous forests. The high pastures of the Koritnik mountain help sustain a population of around 60 chamois.
Koritnik is also part of the Korab-Koritnik Nature Park, forming the European Green Belt. It has been recognized as an Important Plant Area of international importance by Plantlife.<ref>{{cite web|author1=IUCN, World Wide Fund for Nature, Plantlife|title=Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region|url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2011-014.pdf|website=portals.iucn.org|page=75|language=en}}</ref>
{{Multiple image | image1 = Close to Koritnik peak 2395 m.jpg | align = center | image2 = Pamje Horizonti.jpg | image3 = Koretnik.jpg | total_width = 840 | width = | caption1 = | header = Gallery }} == See also == {{commons category|Koritnik}} * Korab-Koritnik Nature Park * Geography of Albania * Mountains of Albania
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