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Drin

American  
[dreen] / drin /

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.


Drin British  
/ drɪn /

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, rising in SW Macedonia and flowing north and west, through Albania, into the Adriatic Sea. Length: about 270 km (170 miles)

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Only the Drin and Buene rivers might be considered navigable to any degree and even then only for small ships and short distances.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

He, therefore, drew a temporary frontier which permitted the Serbs to advance for some miles into Albania, so that on the river Drin or on the mountain summits they might ward off attacks.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

They occupy a narrow strip south of Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, and a similar one, also running north and south, lies between the White Drin River and the Yugoslav city of Debar.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

In the north, from the Drin River to the vicinity of Elbasan, it constitutes an area about twenty miles wide.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

The three lakes shared with Yugoslavia and Greece, as well as all the streams that flow into them, drain into the Drin River.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

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