Lake Scutari

Lake Shkodër
Lake Skadar / Lake Scutari
Location	Albania–Montenegro border
Coordinates	42°10′N 19°19′E / 42.167°N 19.317°E / 42.167; 19.317Coordinates: 42°10′N 19°19′E / 42.167°N 19.317°E / 42.167; 19.317
Primary inflows	Morača
Primary outflows	Bojana
Basin countries	Albania, Montenegro
Max. length	44 km (27 mi)
Max. width	14 km (8.7 mi)
Surface area	370–530 km2 (140–200 sq mi)
Average depth	5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Max. depth	8.3 m (27 ft) 44 m (144 ft)
Water volume	1,931.62×10^6 m3 (68.215×10^9 cu ft)
Shore length1	207 km (129 mi) is total length of coastline (including islands).
Surface elevation	6 m (20 ft)
References
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	2 February 2006
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Skadar National Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Lake Skadar and surrounding area
Location	Albania, Montenegro
Area	400 km2 (150 sq mi; 40,000 ha)
Established	1983

Lake Shkodër (Montenegrin and Serbian: Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, pronounced [skâdarskɔː jɛ̂zɛrɔ]; Albanian: Liqeni i Shkodrës, pronounced [liˈcɛni i ˈʃkɔdrəs]) — also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra — lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, the largest lake in the Southern Europe. It is named after the city of Shkodër in northern Albania (Albanian: Shkodër or Shkodra, Serbian: Скадар, Skadar, Italian: Scutari). It is a karst lake.

Lake Skadar is the largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula with a surface area that seasonally fluctuates between 370 km² (140 sq mi) to 530 km² (200 sq mi). Lake Skadar itself is located on the western Balkan with approximately two-third (229 km² (88 sq mi)) of its surface belonging to Montenegro and about one-third (142 km² (55 sq mi)) to Albania. The lake’s water level also varies seasonally from 4.7 to 9.8 m above sea level. The lake extends in the NW-SE direction, and it is approximately 44 km long.

The Bojana River connects the lake with the Adriatic Sea, and the Drin River provides a link with the Ohrid Lake. The lake is a cryptodepression, filled by the river Morača and drained into the Adriatic by the 41 km (25 mi) long Bojana (Albanian: Buna), which forms the international border on the lower half of its length. The largest inflow is from the Morača, which provides about 62% of the lake’s water. Total drainage area is 5490 km².