Bojana (river)

Discharge from the Skadar Lake at low water and the older bridge over the Buna (2008)

The Buna ( Albanian: Bune; Serbian Бојана / Bojana; Latin Barbana ) is the short discharge from the Skadar Lake to the Adriatic Sea. In about two-thirds of their length of 44 kilometers, the Buna forms the border between Albania and Montenegro.

The Buna is the second largest tributary of the Adriatic Sea. This water comes mostly from from the Albanian Alps coming Drin, who still around 352 m³ / s adds to the 320 m³ / s of Buna. The catchment area of ​​Buna without Drin covers 5187 km ² with an area around the Skadar Lake, which is surrounded to the west by the mountain range of the Rumija and Lovćen and to the east of the Albanian Alps. This makes it the second largest after the Po tributary to the Adriatic Sea.

Immediately after emerging from the Skadar Lake Buna happened an incision between the Tarabosh in the west and the castle hill of Shkodra in the east. Shortly afterwards, she takes the main tributary, the Drin on. The Drin is only since the land subsidence in 1858, a tributary of the Buna. The terrain changes meant that the Drin parted, and the majority of the water masses a new way west to Buna sought. A mile below the Shkodrasees unite the two rivers after the Drin has previously not taken the small river Kir right side of the Albanian Alps.

The passage of Buna in no man's land between Albania and Montenegro is still strong natural and often marshy. The estuary is partially protected, with its long sandy beaches but also of tourist interest. The small Delta is a bird sanctuary of international importance, which mainly serves as an important stopover for migratory birds. The small island Ada between the mouth of the poor is a popular beach for naturists. The island lies entirely in Montenegro, as the eastern estuary forms the border. A sandbar in the estuary between Albania and Montenegro is based on Franz Joseph I named (i albanian Ishulli Franc Jozefit ) - the island formed from Alluvioinen is at low water to the peninsula.

With an average width of 150 meters and a depth of 3 meters, the Buna is considered navigable, even if today hardly operate ships. In the second half of the 19th century, a regular service by the Austrian Lloyd was operated. Before the Second World War it served as an important transport, especially for goods from the seaport in Ulcinj to Shkodra.

The flow is only crossed shortly after exiting the Shkodrasee two bridges. By the year 2011, there were only a only one lane passable alternately, finished with wood steel bridge. 2009 a few hundred meters downstream was begun with the construction of a new mehrspurgen swing bridge, which is to facilitate the road from Shkoder to Ulcinj. It was opened on May 25, 2011. The construction costs amounted to about 7.185 million U.S. dollars. It was intended that the bridge should be opened as early as 2010, but because of that flooding in the plane of Shkodra were delayed the construction work. The new swing bridge allows in contrast to the wooden bridge crossings of ships. This can create in a suburb Shkodras now a few hundred meters upstream.

Pictures of Bojana (river)

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