Cidade · Shkodër
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
- Type
- Reservoir, impounded 1985 by the Koman dam
- Ferry
- Passenger and vehicle ferries run Koman–Fierzë, typically ~2.5 hours
- Note
- Schedules are seasonal
Em linguagem simples
Lake Koman is not a natural lake — it was made by a dam on the Drin river. The water fills a very narrow canyon, and a passenger ferry runs along it. Many travellers take the boat just for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
Explicação simplificada
Lake Koman is not a natural lake — it was made by a dam on the Drin river. The water fills a very narrow canyon, and a passenger ferry runs along it. Many travellers take the boat just for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
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The middle station of the Drin cascade, and the dam that created Lake Koman.
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A working transport link through a gorge that has become one of Albania's best-known journeys.
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Albania's longest river and the backbone of its electricity system, dammed three times in the north.
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