2022European Nature Protection - Set

The special nature reserve Jelašnica gorge is located in Ponišavlje and covers 115.73 ha. It stretches in the northwest–southeast direction. The gorge was formed by an intensive vertical incision of the Jelašnica river into limestone rocks, creating a narrow valley, with steep sides, about 1.5 km long. The sections of the gorge are gradually distributed and broken by water erosion into rocky capes, lonely teeth resembling structures, canvases and pillars. It is a habitat of numerous relict and endemic species. The symbols of this gorge are: Serbian ramonda (Ramonda serbica) and Nathalie’s ramonda (Ramonda nathaliae), tertiary relics of the Balkans. Together with the Sićevo gorge, it is the only locality in the Balkans where these species grow together.