Buna (Adriatic Sea)

Buna
Bojana
Buna River near Shkodër
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Native name
Location
CountriesAlbania and Montenegro
CountyShkodër (Albania)
MunicipalityShkodër (Albania)
Ulcinj (Montenegro)
CityShkodër (Albania)
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Skadar
MouthAdriatic Sea
 • coordinates
41°50′50″N 19°22′18″E / 41.84722°N 19.37167°E / 41.84722; 19.37167
Length41 km (25 mi)
Basin size19,582 km2 (7,561 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average672[1] m3/s (23,700 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftGreat Drin
Designation
Official nameLake Shkodra and River Buna
Designated2 February 2006
Reference no.1598[2]

The Buna (Albanian: Bunë)[3] river, also known as Bojana (Cyrillic: Бојана), is a 41-kilometre-long (25 mi) river in Albania and Montenegro which flows into the Adriatic Sea. An outflow of Lake Skadar measured from the source of the lake's longest tributary, the Morača, the Morača-Shkodra Lake-Bojana system is 183 km (114 mi) long.

  1. ^ a b "The coastline of Albania : morphology, evolution and coastal management issues" (PDF). ciesm.org. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Lake Shkodra and River Buna". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "The Buna River- Velipojë Protected Landscape, BRPL Project". livingbuna.org. Retrieved 2023-01-21.