Butrint Lagoon
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Lake Butrint
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Location | Sarandë, Vlorë |
Coordinates | 39°47′0″N 20°2′0″E / 39.78333°N 20.03333°E |
Basin countries | Albania |
Max. length | 7.1 km (4.4 mi) |
Max. width | 3.3 km (2.1 mi) |
Surface area | 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 11.4 m (37 ft) |
Max. depth | 24.4 m (80 ft) |
Surface elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
Butrint Lagoon (
Vivari Channel
connects the lagoon to the sea.
Flora and fauna
Butrint is particularly known for the diversity of
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Butrinti.
- Butrinti
- Butrint National Park
- Venetian Acropolis Castle
- Venetian Triangular Castle
- Channel of Vivari
- Geography of Albania
- Lagoons of Albania
References
- ^ Ramsar Convention. "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (Ris): Butrint (Albania)" (PDF). rsis.ramsar.org. p. 3.
- ^ Ramsar Convention. "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (Ris): Butrint (Albania)" (PDF). rsis.ramsar.org. p. 3.
- ^ "Natural and human-induced environmental change in southern Albania for the last 300 years — Constraints from the Lake Butrint sedimentary record" (PDF). limnogeology.ethz.ch. p. 3.
Lake Butrint has an area of ~1600 ha and a mean water depth of 11.4 m, with a maximum of 21.4 m.
- ^ Ramsar Convention. "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (Ris): Butrint (Albania)" (PDF). rsis.ramsar.org. p. 2.
- ^ Zotaj, Albana. "BUTRINT NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN" (PDF). academia.edu. p. 42.
Flora of the BNP area is rich and very diverse with an expected 800-900 plant species, of which half of them are already reported.
- ^ Ramsar (August 4, 2010). "The list of wetlands of international importance" (PDF) (in English and Spanish). Ramsar. p. 5. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ BirdLife International. "Lake Butrinti". datazone.birdlife.org.
- IUCN, World Wide Fund for Nature, Plantlife. "Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region" (PDF). portals.iucn.org. p. 75.)
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