An Ornithologist’s Paradise

Skadar Lake (also known as Lake Scutari and Lake Shkodër is located on the border between the two Balkan countries of Montenegro and Albania in eastern Europe. Lake Skadar is the largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. It has been named after the city of Shkodra in northern Albania. Geographical features of Skadar Lake The lake has an area of 400 square kilometres, two-third of which falls in Montenegro. It is located in Zeta –Skadar plains. The length of the lake is 48 kilometres while the breadth is 14 kilometres. The coastline is 170 kilometres long. The maximum depth of the lake is 44 metres while its surface elevation is 6 metres above the sea level. In fact, the lake is relatively shallow with the deepest part of  its bed sinking below the sea level, leaving it in a state of crypto-depression. The drainage basin of the lake is near  [...]