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Lake Skadar

Lake Shkodër
Lake Skadar / Lake Scutari
Lake Skadar, Shkoder Albania 2016.jpg
Location AlbaniaMontenegro 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
Designated 2 February 2006
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Lake Skadar National Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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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.


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