Buna (Adriatic Sea)
The Buna (Albanian: Bunë) 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.
| Buna Bojana | |
|---|---|
Buna River near Shkodër | |
| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Countries | Albania and Montenegro |
| County | Shkodër (Albania) |
| Municipality | Shkodër (Albania) Ulcinj (Montenegro) |
| City | Shkodër (Albania) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Skadar |
| Mouth | Adriatic Sea |
• coordinates | 41°50′50″N 19°22′18″E |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Basin size | 19,582 km2 (7,561 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 672 m3/s (23,700 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Great Drin |
| Designation | |
Ramsar Wetland | |
| Official name | Lake Shkodra and River Buna |
| Designated | 2 February 2006 |
| Reference no. | 1598 |
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