Stad
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
In gewone taal
The Drin is the longest river in Albania. Three big dams on it make most of the country's electricity, and the reservoirs behind them — Fierza, Koman and Vau i Dejës — look like long lakes in the mountains.
Eenvoudige uitleg
The Drin is the longest river in Albania. Three big dams on it make most of the country's electricity, and the reservoirs behind them — Fierza, Koman and Vau i Dejës — look like long lakes in the mountains.
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Nabijgelegen
Energielocatie
Fierza Hydropower Plant
The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.
Plaats
Kukës
A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.
Meer
Lake Koman
A 34 km reservoir in a gorge so narrow the ferry crossing is treated as a scenic journey in its own right.
Verwante onderwerpen
Energielocatie
Fierza Hydropower Plant
The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.
Industrie
Energy in Albania
Electricity almost entirely from hydropower — which makes supply depend on rainfall.
Energielocatie
Vau i Dejës Hydropower Plant
The lowest station of the Drin cascade, just upstream of Shkodër.
Bedrijf
KESH
The state generator that runs the Drin cascade and supplies most Albanian electricity.
Energielocatie
Koman Hydropower Plant
The middle station of the Drin cascade, and the dam that created Lake Koman.
Meer
Lake Koman
A 34 km reservoir in a gorge so narrow the ferry crossing is treated as a scenic journey in its own right.
Veerbootroute
Koman – Fierzë Ferry
A working transport link through a gorge that has become one of Albania's best-known journeys.
Bronnen
- Wikipedia —
Drin — English Wikipedia
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Photographs
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