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{{Short description|Mountain in Albania and Kosovo}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name                  = Koritnik
| photo                 = Koritnik_from_Pashtrik.jpg
| photo_caption         = Mount Koritnik on the left from [[Pashtrik]]
| photo_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                   = Albania#Kosovo
| map_caption           = Location on the border of Albania and Kosovo
| map_size              = 250
| listing               = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| location              = [[Kukës County|Kukës]], [[Albania]] <br> [[Prizren]], [[Kosovo]]
| range                 = [[Korab|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}} [[Metres above the Adriatic|above the Adriatic]]. [[List of rock formations in Albania|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 realm|Palearctic]] [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]] [[biome]]. The slopes of the mountain [[meadow]]s 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>

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| image1            = Close to Koritnik peak 2395 m.jpg
| align             = center
| image2            = Pamje Horizonti.jpg
| image3            = Koretnik.jpg
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== See also ==
{{commons category|Koritnik}}
* [[Korab-Koritnik Nature Park]]
* [[Geography of Albania]]
* [[Mountains of Albania]]

== References ==
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