Sarantaporos (Epirus) Explained

Sarantaporos
Mouth Coordinates:40.0717°N 20.5881°W
Subdivision Type1:Countries
Length:50km (30miles)
Discharge1 Avg:6.93m3/s
Basin Size:870km2

The Sarantaporos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σαραντάπορος, Albanian: Sarandapor) is a river in northwestern Greece and southern Albania. It is a right tributary of the river Vjosa, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. Its length is 50km (30miles), of which the final approx. 10km (10miles) form the border between Greece and Albania. Its source is between the mountain ranges Gramos and Voio, in the Kastoria regional unit. The Sarantaporos flows through the municipal units Arrenes, Mastorochoria and Konitsa in Greece, and the municipalities Qendër Leskovik and Çarshovë in Albania. Its basin area is 870km2, and its year-average discharge is 6.93m2 per second.[1]

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  1. http://www.minagric.gr/greek/2.9.3.SARANT.html Ministry of Agriculture