Devoli [1] [2] , Devol ( Alb. Devolli ) is a river in Albania . Merging with the Osumi River in the region of the city of Kuchova in the eponymous district in the Berat region, it forms the Semani River [3] . It originates on the western slopes of the Gramos ridge [4] . The river is 181 kilometers long. The catchment area is 3240 square kilometers, the average height of the catchment basin is 960 meters above sea level. Crosses the intermountain Korchinskaya depression, where the river previously formed the now drained shallow lake . It flows in a north-west direction, at the village of it turns south. Autumn-winter floods , summer low water . The average water flow at the mouth is 80 cubic meters per second and the total amount of loose (insoluble) material transported by water is 12.5 × 10 6 tons / year [5] [6] . Water is used for irrigation [7] . Since 2013, the Norwegian company building a cascade of two hydroelectric power stations on the river: and [8] [9] .
| Devoli | |
|---|---|
| Alb. Devolli | |
 View of the Devoli River | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 181 km |
| Pool | 3240 km² |
| Water consumption | 80 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Gramos |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Semani |
| • Location | Kuchova , Berat |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Semani → Adriatic Sea |
| A country |
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 - source  - mouth | |
In ancient times, the Devoli River was known as the Eordike River [10] ( dr. Greek Εορδαϊκός , lat. Eordaïcus ) [11] . In the upper reaches of the river was the medieval fortified city of Devol .
Notes
- ↑ Devoli // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 102-121.
- ↑ Greece: Reference card: Scale 1: 1,000,000 / hl ed. Y. A. Topchiyan ; Ed .: G. A. Skachkova , N. N. Ryumin . - M .: Roskartografiya, Omsk Cartographic Factory , 2001. - (The countries of the world "Europe"). - 2000 copies.
- ↑ Albania / Tarkhov S.A., Strashun B.A. et al. // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- ↑ Semani // Safflower - Soan. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1976. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vols.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 23).
- ↑ Pano, N. Dinamica del litorale albanese (sintesi delle conoscenze) (English) // Proceedings of the 10th A.1.0.L. Meeting - Genova, Italy: G. Lang Publishers, 1992 .-- P. 3-18 .
- ↑ Simeoni, U., Pano, N., and Ciavola, P. The coastline of Albania: morphology, evolution and coastal management issues (English) // Transformations and evolution of the Mediterranean coastline / F. Briand and A. Maldonado ( eds.). - Monaco: CIESM, 1997 .-- Vol. 3 , no. 18 . - P. 151-168 .
- ↑ Devoli // Debtor - Eucalyptus. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1972. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vols.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 8).
- ↑ How much money was spent on the construction of a new cascade of hydroelectric power stations in Albania . albania-news.ru (August 22, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2018.
- ↑ In Albania, the Norwegian Statkraft commissioned a new Banja hydropower plant . Neftegaz.RU (September 26, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2018.
- ↑ Greece // Dictionary of Antiquity / ed. V. I. Kuzishchin [and others]; comp. J. Irscher; per. with him. V. I. Gorbushina [et al.]. - M .: Progress, 1989 .-- 704 p.
- ↑ Apsus // Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography / edited by William Smith. - London: Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1854. - Vol. I: Abacaenum - Hytanis.