Valamara
Sign in to saveValamara is a massif located in eastern Albania. Converging on the borders between Korçë, Gramsh and Pogradec municipalities, it rises at a height of . The northern boundary is marked by Guri i Topit and the southern limit by Lenie (2012 m).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Valamara
- Mountain.other_name
- Mali i Valamarës
- Mountain.image
- Ohrid Maja e Valamarës.jpg
- Mountain.image_caption
- View of the massif seen from Lake Ohrid
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- Albania
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra-prominent
- Mountain.region
- Central Mountain Region
- Mountain.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Mountain.settlement
- Korçë, Gramsh, Pogradec
- Mountain.range
- Shpat–Polis–Lenie
- Mountain.type
- massif
- Mountain.geology
- ultrabasic rock
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Valamara is a massif located in eastern Albania. Converging on the borders between Korçë, Gramsh and Pogradec municipalities, it rises at a height of . The northern boundary is marked by Guri i Topit and the southern limit by Lenie (2012 m).
==Geology== The massif is predominantly composed of ultrabasic rocks. Its terrain features various glacial landforms with numerous glacial lakes, seven of which can be found above . The eastern slopes give rise to the Shkumbin river, while the western and southeastern slopes are traversed by the Devoll river.
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