The Drino or Drinos (, ) is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in southern

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and northwestern

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, and a tributary of the

Vjosë The Vjosa (; indefinite form: ) or Aoös () is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania. Its total length is about , of which the first are in Greece, and the remaining in Albania. Its drainage basin is and its average dischar ...

. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit, near the village

Delvinaki Delvinaki () is a former municipality in the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The mun ...

. The 84.6 km (52.6 mi) long Drino flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near

Ktismata Ktismata () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, in northwestern Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the right bank of the river Drinos, at 4 ...

. It continues northwest through

Gjirokastër Gjirokastër (, sq-definite, Gjirokastra) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in Southern Albania, southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë moun ...

and flows into the Vjosë near

Tepelenë Tepelenë ( sq-definite, Tepelena) is a city and a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in the south of Albania. The town is on the left bank of the Vjosa River, about three kilometres downstream from its union with the Drino. Until the abolition ...

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The

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

name of the river is ''Drino'' and the

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name is Δρίνος, ''Drinos''. The name of the river contains the root ''Drin-'', which is considered to be of Illyrian origin and is encountered also in the northern Albanian river Drin (cf. also

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Al ...

between

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and

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