Mali i Lopës, meaning 'Cows Mountain' in English, is a mountain found in eastern Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 in the Bulqizë District

Bulqizë District

The District of Bulqizë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Dibër County. It has a population of 28,374, and an area of 469 km². It is in the east of the country, and its capital is Bulqizë....

. Mali i Lopës reaches a height of 2050 m (6,726 ft) above sea level. The majority of the mountain is covered in lush woodland while there are some patches of grass mainly on the mountains western slopes.

Towns and villages found near Mali i Lopës

Mali i Lopës is found in an isolated place, far from the large cities of Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

 and Durrës

Durrës

Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana. It is one of the most ancient and economically important cities of Albania. Durres is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari...

. The only town is Bulqizë

Bulqizë

Bulqizë is a town in eastern Albania with an estimated population of 12,388 . It is the capital of the Bulqizë District, which is part of Dibër County....

 which is the largest town and is located on the north-western side of the mountain.

Others include villages like :

• Krastë
• Ternovë
• Fushë-Bulqizë
• Valikardhë

Lakes

Mali i Lopës contains the largest mountain lakes in Alabnia. There are about 5 lakes with a length of more than 400 m (1,312 ft) and a number of smaller ones with a length of 200–400 m (656.2–1,312.3 ft). The largest of these lakes is Sope Lake

Sope Lake

Sope Lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Albania. Sope lake is found on the southern slopes of the Mali i Lopës on an elevation of . The maximum length of the lake is about and the maximum width of it is about ....

 which with a length of 880 m (2,887 ft) and a width of 730 m (2,395 ft), it is the largest mountain lake in Albania. Mali i Lopës is also the headquarters for the Lopa Cult

List of lakes on Mali i Lopës:

English - Albanian

• Sope Lake
  Sope Lake
  Sope Lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Albania. Sope lake is found on the southern slopes of the Mali i Lopës on an elevation of . The maximum length of the lake is about and the maximum width of it is about ....
  
    - Liqeni i Sopës
• White Lake - Liqeni i Bardhë
• Sopot Lake - Liqeni i Sopotit
• Black Lake - Liqeni i Zi
• Koces Lake - Liqeni i Kocesit

Rivers

Mali i Lopës is the source of some early tributaries for the Black Drin

Black Drin

The Black Drin is a river in Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. It flows out of Lake Ohrid in Struga, Macedonia. After approximately it crosses the border to Albania, west of Debar. It merges with the White Drin in Kukës to form the Drin, which flows into the Adriatic Sea...

 and the Mat River

Mat River

The Mat is a river in northern Albania. Its source is near Martanesh, in the Bulqizë District. It flows west towards the Mat District, which takes it name from the river, and northwest through the towns Klos and Burrel. About downstream from Burrel it flows into a large reservoir...

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