Lake Skadar
lake on the border of Albania and Montenegro
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Lake Skadar is a large lake located on the border between Albania and Montenegro in southeastern Europe. It is significant as a major freshwater body in the region and an important natural resource shared by the two countries.
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Key facts
- Location
- Albania – Montenegro border
- Primary inflows
- Morača
- Primary outflows
- Buna
- Basin countries
- Albania, Montenegro
- Max length
- 44 km (27 mi)
- Max width
- 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Surface area
- 370–530 km (140–200 sq mi); approximately 65% in Montenegro and 35% in Albania
- 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 ^ m (68.215 × 10 ^ cu ft)
- Shore length
- 207 km (129 mi) including islands , 168 km (104 mi) without islands: 110.5 km (68.7 mi) in Montenegro and 57.5 km (35.7 mi) in Albania
- Surface elevation
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Lake Skadar or Lake Scutari (Albanian: Liqeni i Shkodrës, pronounced [liˈcɛni i ˈʃkɔdrəs]; Montenegrin: Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, pronounced [skâdarskɔː jɛ̂zɛrɔ]) – also called Lake Shkodra and Lake Shkodër – lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It is named after the Albanian city of Shkodër which lies at its southeastern coast. It is a karst lake.
The Montenegrin section of the lake and surrounding land have been designated as a national park, while the Albanian part constitutes a nature reserve and a Ramsar site.