is placed between the village of Repa and that of Barileva with a 35 km distance and between Batllava and Llapashtica e Eperme with 12–15 km. Llapi's jaw is located between Repa and Murgulla (14 km) and from Bellasica to Uglar's Cape (14 km). Gallapi is placed between Batllava and Metergoc in latitude and from Turiqica to Koliq in longitude. Podujevo is the largest municipality of Kosovo since it covers 633 km2. Since its territory is compact, it represents a microgeographical entirety. Hydrology Podujevo counts several ravines, water springs and rivers. The most notable river is Llapi, the main branch of Sitnica, which runs through the middle of Podujevo, springing from the Albanik mountains. The source of Llapi is considered to be the Polata village where the rivers of Murgula and Slatina are joined. In the upper part of it, the river runs through steep places but when it enter Llapi's hollow, its speed is moderated. Llapi river is 82.7 km long up to Sitnica river while most of the river passes through Podujevo's lands, in a 61 km length. This river is wide from 9 to 12 meters and deep up to 1.2 meters. The river brings an average of 4.9 m3 per second, however, there are considerable variations with the maximum going up to 25 m3 per second. There are other rivers also. Dumnica river is 25.5 km long and fills 87 km2 and it is used for irrigating. Kaqanolli river is Llapi's most important right branch and it is 32.5 km long, filling 193.6 km2. Batlava river fills 315 km2 and it also flows into Llapi. In 1965 a cascade 40.5 m high was built in order to form an artificial lake — the Batlava Lake, which can handle up to 40 million m3 of water and was primary built for ECK needs, to be used later for consuming purposes. Climate The climate in Podujevo belongs to the continental zone but alike, it is colder than in other parts of Kosovo. The average temperature in Podujevo is 9.6 ̊C. The amplitude is 64.2 ̊C. The annual rate of precipitation is lower than that of Kosovo ( ) with of raining per year. The most humid month is may with and the driest month is march with . The average snow fal l days are 26 while days with snow mantle are 48.4. The maximum layer of snow