About Montenegro

Territory of the country can be divided in three parts: the Adriatic coast, relatively flat central part of the country, which are its two largest cities: Podgorica and Niksic, and the mountain ranges east of the country.

Length of the land borders of the state is 614 km: in the west with the Republic of Croatia - 14 km north-west of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 225 km north-east with the Republic of Serbia and Kosovo - 203 km south-east with the Republic of Albania - 172 km.

The continental coastline of Montenegro has a length of 300 km. Montenegro has a sea of 14 islands, the total length of coastline which is 15.6 km. In the north-west of the country is a large Boka Kotorska, having a water surface area 87.3 km ² and crashed into the land for 29,6 km.

The length of the beaches of Montenegro - 73 km [1]. The temperature of sea water for seven months, ranging from + 12 to +26 ° C, the transparency of sea water in some places exceeds 35 m [2].

The longest river in Montenegro: Tara (144 km), Lim (123 km), Cheotina (100 km), Moraca (99 km), Zeta (65 km) and Bojan (30 km). About 52,2% of Montenegrin rivers belongs to the Black Sea basin, the remaining 47,8% - to the Adriatic Sea basin. Three Montenegrin river (Moraca, Zeta and Piva) along its entire length flow through the territory of Montenegro. River Bojana previously been the only navigable river in Montenegro, at present it is not navigable. Most of Montenegro's rivers - the mountain, form deep canyons. Tara River Canyon depth of about 1200 m, is the deepest in Europe and the second depth in the world. Rivers of Montenegro have the energy potential of 115 kW at 1 km ², which is very high. However, for various reasons (including environmental) of hydropower in the country is lacking.