The Drino or Drinos ( sq, Drino, el, Δρίνος) is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, tributary of the

Vjosë The Vjosa (; indefinite form: ) or Aoös ( el, Αώος) 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 ave ...

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

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

. It flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near

Ktismata Ktismata ( el, Κτίσματα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the right bank of the river Drinos, at 412 m above sea level. It is 3 km ...

. It continues northwest through Gjirokastër 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 located on the left bank of the Vjosa River, about three kilometres downstream from its union with the Drino. Until the a ...

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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 Greek 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 between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia).

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Rivers of Albania Rivers of Greece International rivers of Europe Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit) Rivers of Epirus (region) Geography of Gjirokastër County Pindus Braided rivers in Albania {{Albania-river-stub