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Shkumbin
Sign in to saveThe Shkumbin (; ) is a river in Albania. It is long and its drainage basin is . Its average discharge is .
Key facts
- River.name
- Shkumbin
- River.image
- Shkumbin.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Shkumbin Gorge between Librazhd and Elbasan
- River.image_size
- 280
- River.source1
- Valamara
- River.source1_location
- Korçë County
- River.mouth
- west of Rrogozhinë
- River.mouth_location
- Adriatic Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Albania
- River.length_km
- 181.4
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2444
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- Image
- Shkumbin.jpg
- Length
- 181
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- Shkumbin
- watershed area
- 2444
- discharge
- 615
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The Shkumbin (; ) is a river in Albania. It is long and its drainage basin is . Its average discharge is .
== Etymology == It derives from Latin Scampinus (recorded alternatively as ), which replaced the Illyrian name of the river: Genusus (recorded in , also , and in ). A Slavic intermediation has been rejected. Its inclusion in Latin loanwords into Proto-Albanian and phonetic evolution coincides with the historical existence of a large Roman town (near present-day Elbasan), which gave the river its new name.
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Adriatic Sea
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drainage basin
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Shkodër
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Korçë County
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