Sar Planina

   

The Šar mountain (Serbian Шар планина, Šar Planina; Albanian Malet e Sharritt, Sharr) is a mountain on the border of Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.

The mountain is around 80 kilometers long, some 10-20 kilometers wide. Its tallest peak has 2747 meters.

Vegetation on the mountain includes crops up to around 1000 meters, forests up to 1700 meters, and above that lie high pastures which encompass around 550 square kilometers. This mountain is most known as the origin of the dog breed Šarplaninac which was bred on these pastures.

See also List of mountains in Serbia and Montenegro

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