Kir (river) explained

Kir
Name Other:Lumi i Kirit[1]
Mouth Location:Great Drin
Mouth Coordinates:42.0431°N 19.4989°W
Progression:Great Drin
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Albania
Length:52km (32miles)
Mouth Elevation:6m (20feet)

The Kir (Albanian: Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër.

In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs.The Albanian tribe or fis of Kiri inhabited this area. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge crosses the Kir.

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  1. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency