Drin [1] ( Alb. Drini ; Macedonian Dream ; Greek Δρινος ), Drilon ( Δρίλων [2] ) - the largest river in Albania , is formed in the northern part of the country near the city of Kukes by the merger of White and Black Drins . The area of the river basin is 12.6 thousand km², the average water consumption is 290 m³ / s.
| Drin | |
|---|---|
| Alb. Drini | |
 Drin and buna | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 148 km |
| Swimming pool | 12,600 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | river confluence: White Drin and Black Drin |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Adriatic Sea |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
 - source  - mouth | |
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 Economics
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Geography
The length of the river from the confluence of the tributaries to the mouth is 148 km, if we take into account the Black Drin flowing from Lake Ohrid and flowing through the territory of Macedonia , the total length is 281 km. Measured from the mouth to the source of the White Drin, originating north of the city of Pecs in Kosovo, the total length of the river is 335 km.
On the coastal lowlands near the city of Shkodra, Drin is divided into two arms . A short (15 km long) and wide northern arm, called the Big Drin, flows into the Buna River flowing out of Lake Shkoder near the Rozaf Castle. The southern arm separately flows into the Gulf of Drin ( Pellg i Drinit ) of the Adriatic Sea near the town of Léger . Autumn-winter floods lead to flooding of the lowlands near the city of Shkodra. Earlier, the northern branch of the river itself reached the sea, but the flood in 1858 blocked this channel.
Economics
Drin waters are of great importance for the Albanian economy , especially in terms of electricity production. Three hydropower plants built on the river generate most of the electricity in the country. The largest reservoirs in the country are (area 73 km²) and Wau-i-Dejes (area 25 km²), formed by the dam of the .
Notes
- ↑ Drin // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 118.
- ↑ Dream or Drin // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1893. - T. XI.
Links
- Drin // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Drin // Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. center; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006.
- Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija , Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enckiklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije ; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6