White Drim

White Drin Drini i Bardhë Beli Drim / Бели Дрим
Waterfall at the mouth of the White Drin river
Country	Kosovo, Albania
Physical characteristics
Main source	Žljeb mountain, north of Peja, Kosovo
River mouth	with Black Drin forms the Drin, at Kukës, Albania 42°5′30″N 20°23′41″E / 42.09167°N 20.39472°E / 42.09167; 20.39472Coordinates: 42°5′30″N 20°23′41″E / 42.09167°N 20.39472°E / 42.09167; 20.39472
Length	136 km (85 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 66 m3/s (2,300 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Basin size	4,964 km2 (1,917 sq mi)

The White Drin (Albanian: Drini i Bardhë, Serbian: Beli Drim / Бели Дрим) is a river in Kosovo and northern Albania, a ca. 140-kilometre (87 mi)-long headstream of the Drin.

The Kosovo section of the White Drin flows entirely in the semi-karst part of Kosovo, in an arc-shaped 122-kilometre (76 mi)-long course. The river originates in the southern slopes of the Žljeb mountain, north of the town of Peć. The river springs near the Radavačka Cave. The cave is multi-leveled, not much explored and has a lake inside. The water from the spring was used by the Peć brewery. The stream is originally a sinking river which eventually springs out from the strong well and falls down as a 25-metre (82 ft)-high waterfall named the White Drin Waterfall near the village of Radovac, 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Peć. In 1934, Russian émigré Dimitry Tyapkin projected and constructed a hydroelectric power plant next to the waterfalls which produced electricity for the town.

The White Drin first flows to the east, next to the spa of Pećka Banja, and the villages of Banje, Trbuhovac and Zlakućan, where it receives the Istočka river from the left and turns to the south. The rest of the course is through the very fertile and densely populated central section of Kosovo(Podrima region), but oddly, there is not even one large settlement on the river itself, despite many smaller villages on the river. The largest cities are kilometers away from the river (Peć, Gjakova, Prizren) whilst some smaller towns (Klina) and large villages (Krusha e Madhe, Gjonaj) are closer to it. The White Drin also creates the small White Drin Canyon in Republic of Kosovo.