Geography Podgorica

city of doclea.

podgorica located in central montenegro. area crossed rivers , city 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of lake skadar. morača , ribnica rivers flow through city, while zeta, cijevna, sitnica , mareza flow nearby. morača largest river in city, being 70 m or 230 ft wide near downtown, , having carved 20 m or 66 ft deep canyon length of course through city. except morača , zeta, other rivers have appearance of small creeks. richness in bodies of water major feature of city.

in contrast of montenegro, podgorica lies in flat area @ northern end of zeta plain, @ elevation of 40 m (130 ft). exceptions hills overlook city. significant 130.3 m (427 ft) high gorica hill (pronounced [ˈɡǒrit͜sa]), city s namesake, rises above city centre. other hills include malo brdo ( little hill , 205.4 m or 674 ft), velje brdo ( big hill , 283 m or 928 ft), ljubović (101 m or 331 ft) , dajbapska gora (172 m or 564 ft). in main, these steep development , limit city s expansion, north. however, urbanization has been encroaching on lower slopes of hills since 1990s. podgorica city proper has area of 108 square kilometres (42 sq mi), while actual urbanized area smaller.

climate

the headquarters of european union, un , osce in podgorica.



business center kruševac.

under köppen climate classification, podgorica has borderline mediterranean climate (csa) , humid subtropical climate (cfa), since there 1 summer month less 40 millimeters (1.6 in) of precipitation, summer highs around 30 °c (86 °f) , winter highs around 10 °c (50 °f). although city 35 km (22 mi) north of adriatic sea, arm of mediterranean, rumija mountain acts natural dinaric alps barrier, separating skadar lake basin , podgorica area sea, limiting temperate maritime influence on local climate.

the mean annual rainfall 1,600 mm (63 in). temperature exceeds 25 °c (77 °f) on 135 days each year , median daily temperature 15.6 °c (60.1 °f). number of rainy days 120, , strong wind around 60. occasional strong northerly wind influences climate in winter, wind chill effect lowering perceived temperature few degrees.

the all-time maximum snowfall record beaten on 11 february 2012, when 58 cm (23 in) of snowfall measured. before that, biggest snowfall in podgorica in 1954, when 52 cm (20 in) of snowfall recorded.