Drin

Drin, also Drini (Albanian Drino; Greek Dhrínos Potamós; ancient Drilon), river, northern Albania, the longest in the country. The Drin River, 282 km (175 mi) long, has two headwaters: the White Drin, which rises in the Kosovo region in Serbia (part of the republic of Serbia and Montenegro) and flows south into Albania; and the Black Drin, an outlet of Lake Ohrid in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which flows northwest into Albania, eventually joining the White Drin near the town of Kukës. From there the Drin flows west and southwest through gorges for about 128 km (about 80 mi) before emptying into the Adriatic Sea near the town of Lezhë. The Drin is not navigable.