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The rivers contain an average mineralization of 150 to 500 mg/L and an average annual volume of suspended solids of 60 million tons, with greater erosion occurring in the catchment basins of Osum, Devoll, and Erzen. Temperatures in the winter months fall to 3.5-8.9°C, and in the summer months reach 17.8-24.6°C.
Braided rivers in Albania (12 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Albania" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
The river and its tributaries form the Gulf of Drin, an ocean basin that encompasses the northern Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast. At 285 kilometres (177 miles) long, [1] [9] [10] the Drin is the longest river of Albania and its tributaries cross through both Kosovo and North
The name of the river was recorded for the first time by Vibius Sequester (4th or 5th century AD) as Isamnus.Albanian Ishëm derives from the ancient name through Albanian phonetic changes, [4] [5] [6] however it has been noted that the accentual pattern found in Íshëm < Ísamnus presupposes an "Adriatic Illyrian" intermediary.
The Vjosa River in Albania is one of the last remaining wild rivers in Europe. Its protection could provide a blueprint for other Balkan rivers. - GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP via Getty Images
The Cem (Albanian: Cem, or in its definite form Cemi), also known as the Cijevna (Cyrillic: Цијевна), is a river that rises in Kelmend, Albania and after nearly half of its length crosses into Montenegro, where it flows into the River Morača near the capital Podgorica.
Origin of the river at Valamara. The river originates in the eastern Valamara Mountains between Maja e Valamarës (2,375 m (7,792 ft)) and Gur i Topit (2,120 m (6,960 ft)) in Southeastern Albania. [8] After descending from the Valamaras, it flows northwards through Proptisht and Qukës with many deep gorges and canyons and passes the Gora ...
The Kir (Albanian: Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër. [2] In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs.The Albanian tribe or fis of Kiri inhabited this