Black Drin

The Black Drin or Black Drim, is a river in and . It flows out of in , North Macedonia. It is 149 km long and its drainage basin is 3,504 km2.
Wikipedia
Photo: Eqerem Karaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: River
  • Description: river in North Macedonia and Albania
  • Also known as: “Aq Drin”, “Beli Drim”, “Belyy Drin”, “Black Drim”, “Chernyy Drin”, “Crn Drim”, “Drin Bianco”, “Drin i Xy”, “Drin i Zi”, “Drin Ij”, “Drin River”, “Drin-i-Bardh”, “Drini i Bardhë”, “Drini i Barl”, “Drini i Zij”, “Drinnero”, “Lumi i Drinit të Zi”, “Tserni Drim”, “Tsrni Drim”, “White Drim”, and “White Drin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kukës International Airport Zayed and Kukës Bridge.

Aerodrome
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY 4.0.
, is an located in , . The airport is located 3.5 km south of the city of Kukës. The main purpose of Kukës International Airport is to serve as an alternative airport to .

Bridge
Photo: Aurora Doci, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nangë and Kukës.

Village
Photo: Irdabajraktari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Photo: Shkelzen Rexha Gjakovë, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 36,000 people in , and the last one before the Kosovo border. The surrounding area is dominated by mountainous and high terrain. is a good centre for fishing and walking in the surrounding mountains.

Village
is a village in the former municipality, , . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality .

Black Drin

Latitude
42.04168° or 42° 2′ 30″ north
Longitude
20.3936° or 20° 23′ 37″ east
Elevation
318 metres (1,043 feet)
Open location code
8GJ229RV+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28149215
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
792745
Wiki­data ID
Q158924
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Venetian—“Black Drin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Drini i Zi”
  • Albanian: “Drinit të Zi”
  • Albanian: “Lumi Drini i Zi”
  • Albanian: “Lumit Drini i Zi”
  • Arabic: “بلاك درين”
  • Armenian: “Սև Դրին”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Black Drin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qara Drin”
  • Belarusian: “Чорны Дрын”
  • Bulgarian: “Црн Дрим”
  • Bulgarian: “Црън Дрим”
  • Bulgarian: “Църн Дрим”
  • Bulgarian: “Църни Дрим”
  • Bulgarian: “Черни Дрим”
  • Bulgarian: “Черни Дрин”
  • Catalan: “Drin Negre”
  • Cebuano: “Crni Drim”
  • Chinese: “黑德林河”
  • Chuvash: “Хура Дрин”
  • Croatian: “Crni Drim”
  • Croatian: “Crni Drin”
  • Czech: “Černý Drin”
  • Dutch: “Zwarte Drin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بلاك درين”
  • Esperanto: “Crn Drim”
  • Esperanto: “Crni Drim”
  • Esperanto: “Drini i Zi”
  • Esperanto: “nigra Drin”
  • Estonian: “Must Drin”
  • French: “Drin noir”
  • German: “Schwarzer Drin”
  • Greek: “Μαύρος Δρείνος”
  • Greek: “Μαύρος Δρίνος”
  • Hebrew: “דרין השחור”
  • Hebrew: “הדרין השחור”
  • Hindi: “काली द्रिन”
  • Hungarian: “Fekete-Drin”
  • Italian: “Drin Nero”
  • Italian: “Drini Nero”
  • Japanese: “黒ドリニ川”
  • Japanese: “黒ドリン川”
  • Korean: “흑드린강”
  • Ladin: “Drin Fosch”
  • Latvian: “Crna Drima”
  • Latvian: “Drini i Zi”
  • Latvian: “Melnā Drima”
  • Latvian: “Melnā Drina”
  • Latvian: “Црн Дрим”
  • Lithuanian: “Juodasis Drinas”
  • Lithuanian: “Juodasis Drinis”
  • Macedonian: “Црн Дрим”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svarte Drin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svarte Drin”
  • Norwegian: “Svarte Drin”
  • Persian: “بلک درین”
  • Polish: “Czarny Drin”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Drin Negro”
  • Romanian: “Drinul Negru”
  • Russian: “Черный Дрим”
  • Russian: “Чёрный Дрим”
  • Russian: “Черный Дрин”
  • Russian: “Чёрный Дрин”
  • Serbian: “Crni Drim”
  • Serbian: “Drini i Zi”
  • Serbian: “Црни Дрим”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crni Drim”
  • Slovak: “Čierny Drin”
  • Slovenian: “Črni Drim”
  • Spanish: “Drin Negro”
  • Spanish: “Río Drin Negro”
  • Swedish: “Crni Drim”
  • Swedish: “Drini i Zi”
  • Swedish: “Svarta Drin”
  • Turkish: “Kara Drin”
  • Ukrainian: “Чорний Дрин”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Čorny Drin”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Crni Drim”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Drin Negro”

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