The Sarantaporos (, ) 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 northwestern
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
and southern
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
. It is a right tributary of the river
Vjosa
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 ...
, which flows into the
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Se ...
. Its length is , of which the final approx. 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
Konitsa (, see also Konitsa#Name, names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina in Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian Border crossings of Albania, border. ...
in Greece, and the municipalities
Qendër Leskovik and
Çarshovë in Albania. Its basin area is , and its year-average discharge is per second.
Ministry of Agriculture
See also
*List of rivers of Albania
Albania has an extensive hydrographic network of 152 rivers and streams, including 10 large rivers flowing from southeast to northwest, mainly discharging towards the Adriatic Sea. Combined, they produce a total annual flow rate of .
In the moun ...
*List of rivers of Greece
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in Greece. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The confluence is given in parentheses.
For an a ...
References
Rivers of Albania
Rivers of Greece
International rivers of Europe
Epirus
Landforms of Kastoria (regional unit)
Rivers of Western Macedonia
Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit)
Rivers of Epirus (region)
Pindus
Albania–Greece border
Border rivers
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