 The southern boundary is the river Ibar, which divides the towns of Mitrovica and North Mitrovica.On the west by Zubin Potok, the mountain ranges of Rogozna and Mokra Gora with the peak of "Berim", , which separates one from the other lake Gazivode.Since 1999, the Serb-inhabited north of Kosovo had been governed as "de facto" independent from the Albanian-dominated government in Pristina.