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Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century pp 359–379Cite as

Drina River (Sava’s Tributary of Danube River) and Human Impact in Albania

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The Sava river is the third longest Danube tributary, and the largest by discharge. The length of the Sava River from its main source in the western Slovenian mountains to its mouth into the Danube in Belgrade is about 944 km (ISBRC 2009). It runs through four countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia), and connects three of the four capitals: Ljubljana in Slovenia, Zagreb in Croatia, and Belgrade in Serbia. The fourth capital—Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina—also lies within the Sava River Basin. The basin, with an area of 97,713 km2, covers considerable parts of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and a small portion of Albanian territory. With its average discharge of about 1564 m3/s, the Sava River represents the most important Danube tributary, contributing almost 25% to the Danube’s total discharge at their confluence in Belgrade. The Sava River is very important for the Danube River Basin also for its outstanding biological and landscape diversity. One of the first order, main and right tributaries of the Sava River is the Drina. The Drina basin is 20,320 km2 and its total length some 346 km, with Albania’s share of the basin about 179 km2 or 0.2% (ISBRC 2009).

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Bakiu, R. (2020). Drina River (Sava’s Tributary of Danube River) and Human Impact in Albania. In: Bănăduc, D., Curtean-Bănăduc, A., Pedrotti, F., Cianfaglione, K., Akeroyd, J. (eds) Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37242-2_17

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