Mount Dhëmbel
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Dhëmbel ( 'Dhëmbeli') is a massif situated on the border between Gjirokastër and Përmet municipalities, in southern Albania. Part of the Trebeshinë–Dhëmbel–Nemërçkë mountain range, it rises at an elevation of and stretches approximately from Gryka e Këlcyrës in the north to Qafa e Dhëmbelit in the south.
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Dhëmbel ( 'Dhëmbeli') is a massif situated on the border between Gjirokastër and Përmet municipalities, in southern Albania. Part of the Trebeshinë–Dhëmbel–Nemërçkë mountain range, it rises at an elevation of and stretches approximately from Gryka e Këlcyrës in the north to Qafa e Dhëmbelit in the south.
==Geology== The massif has a northwest-southeast orientation and is composed primarily of limestone, with a smaller presence of flysch, forming an asymmetrical anticlinal structure. The western slope is more steeply inclined and the watershed ridge is flat, with karst features, gradually declining towards the mouth of Këlcyrë. While there are no visible surface water flows, Dhëmbel holds a large supply of underground water reserves that drain from the Këlcyrë gorge, where 8-10 karst springs emerge from the Vjosa riverbed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Dhëmbel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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