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Lake

Karavasta Lagoon

The largest lagoon in Albania and the western Balkans' main breeding site for the Dalmatian pelican.

Laguna e KaravastasëFier
Protected area

Kune-Vain Nature Reserve

Lagoons, pine and one of Albania's few surviving coastal alluvial forests, beside Shëngjin.

Lezhe
Lake

Lake Prespa

A high tectonic lake where Albania, Greece and North Macedonia meet, draining underground into Ohrid.

Korce
Lake

Lake Shkodër

The largest lake in southern Europe, shared with Montenegro and a major bird wintering ground.

Liqeni i ShkodrësShkoder
Lake

Narta Lagoon

Albania's second-largest lagoon, with working saltpans and the island monastery of Zvërnec.

Vlore
Protected area

Prespa National Park

The Albanian share of a three-country park around the Great and Small Prespa lakes.

Korce