Bojana (river)

Buna (Bunë)
River
Buna / Bojana River near Shkodër, Albania
Countries	Albania, Montenegro
Municipality	Shkodër, Ulcinj
Tributaries
- left	Great Drin
City	Shkodra
Source	Lake Skadar
Mouth	Adriatic Sea
- coordinates	41°50′50″N 19°22′18″E / 41.84722°N 19.37167°E / 41.84722; 19.37167Coordinates: 41°50′50″N 19°22′18″E / 41.84722°N 19.37167°E / 41.84722; 19.37167
Length	41 km (25 mi)

The Bojana or Buna (Albanian: Bunë or Buna; Montenegrin and Serbian: Бојана, Bojana) is a 41 km long river in Albania and Montenegro which flows both into the Adriatic Sea. An outflow of Lake Skadar, measured from the source of the lake's longest tributary, the Morača, the Morača-Lake Skadar- Bojana system is 183 km long.

The river used to be longer, but due to a rise in the level of Lake Skadar, the uppermost part of the river is now under the lake's surface. The river initially flows east, but after only few kilometers reaches the city of Shkodër and turns to the south. On the southern outskirts of the city, the river receives its most important tributary, the Great Drin, the greater part of which became its tributary after changing course during a flood in 1858 and now brings ten times more water than the Bojana itself (320 m³/s). After flowing around the Peak of Tarabosh, it passes through the villages of Zues, Bërdicë, Darragjat, Oblikë, Obot, Shirq, Dajç and Goricë.

After 20 kilometers in Albania, it forms the border between Albania and Montenegro. On this border section, which is 24 km long, the river meanders widely, flowing around Lakes Šas and Zogajsko blato, both in Montenegro. Settlements include villages of Sveti Đorđe and Reč on the Montenegrin, and Luarzë and Pulaj on the Albanian side. The area surrounding the river in this section is low and marshy, the Buna being the eastern border of the Field of Ulcinj and of the 12 km-long Long beach (Velika Plaža) of Ulcinj.