Kir (river)

The Kir (Albanian: Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër.[2]

Kir
Lumi i Kirit[1]
Kir river stream flowing under the Mesi Bridge
Location
CountryAlbania
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationAlbanian Alps
Mouth 
  location
Great Drin
  coordinates
42°02′35″N 19°29′56″E
  elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Basin features
ProgressionGreat DrinBojanaAdriatic Sea
Kir River near Boks

In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs.The Albanian tribe or fis of Kiri inhabited this area. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge crosses the Kir.

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