Mat
The Mat is a river in north-central Albania. Its overall length is 115 km, while its catchment surface is 2,441 km2. Its average discharge is 103 m3/s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in northern Albania
- Also known as: “Lumi Mati”, “Lumi Matit”, “Mathis”, and “Matja”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patok Lagoon.
Patok Lagoon
Nature reserve
Photo: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Patok Lagoon is a lagoon of the Adriatic Sea on the Mediterranean Sea in the central coast of Albania. Created during the Holocene period, this area was characterized by a geo-morphologic dynamism. Patok Lagoon is situated 2½ km southeast of Mat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patok and Talë.
Patok
Village
Patok is a municipality in the former Fushë-Kuqe Commune, Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Kurbin. Patok is situated 4 km east of Mat.
Talë
Village
Photo: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Talë is a seaside resort town, part of the former municipality of Shënkoll in the Lezhë County in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Lezhë. Talë is situated 6 km north of Mat.
Gajush
Village
Gajush is a village in the Lezhë County, north-western Albania. Following the local government reform of 2015, Gajush became a part of the municipality of Lezhë and is under the municipal unit of Shënkoll. Gajush is situated 10 km northeast of Mat.
Mat
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Mat” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lumi i Matit”
- Armenian: “Մատի”
- Asturian: “Ríu Mat”
- Bulgarian: “Мат”
- Bulgarian: “Мати”
- Catalan: “Mat”
- Catalan: “riu Mat”
- Catalan: “Riu Mat”
- Cebuano: “Lumi i Matit”
- Chinese: “馬蒂河”
- Czech: “Mati”
- Dutch: “Mat”
- French: “Mat”
- German: “Mat”
- Greek: “Ματ”
- Hebrew: “מאט (נהר, אלבניה)”
- Hungarian: “Ardaxosz”
- Hungarian: “Mat”
- Irish: “Mat”
- Italian: “Mat”
- Japanese: “マット”
- Ladin: “Mat”
- Lithuanian: “Matis”
- Macedonian: “Мат”
- Macedonian: “Матија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Mat”
- Norwegian: “Mat”
- Polish: “Mat”
- Russian: “Мати (река)”
- Russian: “Мати”
- Serbian: “Маћа”
- Slovak: “Mat”
- Spanish: “Rio Mat”
- Spanish: “Río Mat”
- Swedish: “Lumi i Matit”
- Swedish: “Mat”
- Turkish: “Made”
- Turkish: “Mat Nehri”
- Turkish: “Mat/Made”
- Ukrainian: “Мат (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Мат”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mat”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mat”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mat”. Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.