Carraleva is also a point where all three drainage basins of Kosovo (and three out of four in the Balkans) meet, making the mountain a major hydrographic knot.

Carraleva is located in the south-central part of Kosovo, between the valleys of the rivers Drenica (to the east) and Mirusha and Toplluha (to the west).

The mountain is elongated in the north–south direction and divides the Prizren depression of Metohija from the Drenica region of the Kosovo Plain.

Right through the middle of the mountain goes the regional Ferizaj-Prizren road, using the natural route of the Carralevë river valley.

Some rivers originating from the mountain are: Larger settlements around the Carraleva are Shtime (east), Suva Reka, Bllacë, Banja, Malisheva (west), Llapushnik, Komoran (north) and Carraleva (east).