Longest river in Montenegro - Tara, its length is 144 kilometers. The length of the canyon along the river Tara in length is 80 kilometers, and in depth - 1300 meters. In Europe, this canyon is the deepest. Among the canyons of the world the size of it is second only to the Grand Canyon, which is located in the United States.

Tara canyon on one side and is surrounded by mountains Durmitor Sinyaevina, and on the other side of the canyon is sandwiched between the mountains and the Zlatni Bor Ljubišnja. Thus, the canyon is part of the Durmitor National Park, Montenegro. It is this area of ​​the canyon and the park was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980. In 1937 the bridge was built by the famous Dzhurdzhevicha deepwater canyon of the river Tara. For a long time it was the only road connecting the north and south of Montenegro.

Tara - the largest European reservoir of drinking water that can be drunk immediately, without its pre-treatment. Several rivers that flow into the Tara, also famous for its canyons. Among them are such rivers as the canyons Susica, Vashkovskii, Draga.

The river saturated with oxygen, which causes the color to change from rich emerald green to brilliant white foamy. The average temperature of the river water is not higher than 11 ° C.

Flora and fauna in the valley of the river Tara is rich in a variety of tree species. Among others, there are growing rare species such as the black pine, black ash, Oriental hornbeam, linden and elm. If you climb up the hill, on the rocks may occur cork oaks, hornbeams, maples and beeches. Crossing the threshold of 1,000 meters, on the territory grow spruce and fir. Also, the unique attraction of the valley of the river Tara may be called virgin forest of black pine, which is still preserved in the European territory. The trees here are unusually high (some pine trees have grown up to 50 meters), reaches the age of about 400 years. Coastal forests are rich predators - wolves and brown bears, as well as in the valley is home to about 130 different species of birds.

In addition, in the valley of an ancient monasteries pleased Dobrilovina and the monastery of St. Michael the Archangel of the XIII century. He is famous because inside there is an altar of Mithras, the Phoenician god associated with friendliness, harmony and light of the sun.