PROJECT DETAILS

The entire Southwest planning region represents an economic regional entity and a recognizable tourist destination, significant at the national level, where the natural and cultural values of the Region are particularly noteworthy. In this context, in the project, emphasis is placed on some of the values that the targeted municipalities have, in order to put them to the function of rural tourism development. Debar Lake or Shpilje is an artificial lake located south of Debar at an altitude of 490 m. The surface of the lake is 13.2 km2, the total length is 22 km, and the greatest depth is 94 m. The lake is fed by the waters of the Crn Drim and Radika rivers, as well as by the waters of the river streams that form on the southwestern side of the Osogovo mountain and the northeastern side of the Jablanica mountain. The shores of the lake are part of the attar of the municipalities of Debar and Centar Župa, which are making efforts to use this important resource for the development of tourism. The monument of nature - Vevcani springs represent a protected ecological zone, and a pleasant corner for rest and recreation. They are located at an altitude of about 960 m, while the settlement of Vevcani stretches at an altitude of 840 m. The Vevčan springs in the interior are made up of 7 smaller springs that unite and make up the course of the river called Matica or Vevčanska river. The Vevčana river is 6 km long and flows into the Black Dream river below the village of Veleshta. The water to the source comes from an underground path 100 m long, and its height difference is 10 m. From the source, according to measurements over many years, it has been established that on average 1500 liters of water flow out in one second, part of which is for drinking and the other part for irrigation of the Vevčansko pole. The springs represent an extremely significant hydrological, i.e. hydrogeological locality which, according to its characteristics, is of special interest for science, but also for the visitors who come here, throughout the year, from the country and abroad.