Kir (river)

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Kir
Ottoman bridge Ura e Mesit over the here dry river bed of the Kir

Ottoman bridge Ura e Mesit over the here dry river bed of the Kir

Data
location Albania
River system Buna
Drain over In  → Buna  → Adria
source on the south side of the Maja e Elbunit
42 ° 18 '30 "  N , 19 ° 42' 42"  O
muzzle in the Drin coordinates: 42 ° 2 ′ 36 ″  N , 19 ° 29 ′ 54 ″  E 42 ° 2 ′ 36 ″  N , 19 ° 29 ′ 54 ″  E

length 52 km
Catchment area 261 km²
Drain MQ
 17 m³ / s
Big cities Shkodra
Communities Desk , Postriba , Rrethinat
Often there is no water in the lower reaches of the Ura e Mesit

The Kir is a mountain river in northern Albania . It drains the south-western part of the Albanian Alps , known as Dukagjin , with a total area of ​​261 km². The river is 52 kilometers long. It rises in the heart of the Albanian Alps south of the Biga e Gimajive and flows into the Drin on the southern outskirts of Shkodra, less than a kilometer and a half before it flows into the Buna .

Gorge on the upper reaches near the village of Plan

The Quellbach flows for the first three kilometers to the southwest. This is followed by the Kir, cutting through several ravines, in its upper reaches to the village of Prekal, mainly to the south, then to the southwest. Five kilometers northeast of Shkodra, the Kir emerges from the mountains into the plain. In this area around the famous Ottoman bridge Ura e Mesit it often dries out. An old caravan route led over this bridge from Shkodra through the Cukali Mountains to Kosovo . As a result, the Shkodra River passes on the eastern and southern outskirts and then flows into the Drin south of Rozafa Castle . Around the year 1750 the Kir, which previously flowed directly into Lake Shkodra , changed its course to today's route. When the Drin changed its course in 1858, the Kir no longer flowed directly into the Buna, but into the Drin.

In the upper Kir valley there are numerous villages that are not on the river, but on the slopes or on mountain ridges. In the lower Kir valley, the few villages such as Prekal and Ura e Shtrenjtë are located in the valley floor by the water. A simple road leads up the Kir valley, which continues over a 1200 meter high pass into the eastern valley of the Shala .

The Kir is suitable for kayaking over long stretches.

Web links

Commons : Kir River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH : Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . Tirana 1990
  2. ↑ Rapid Assessment of proposed Hydropower Plants on Drin River near Ashta (south of Shkodra). Retrieved May 1, 2010 .