Origin
The Drin starts at the confluence of its two headwaters, the Black Drin in the city of Struga, and the White Drin in the city of Kukës in the Trektan area of eastern Albania. Measured from there until its end at the Adriatic sea, the Drin is 160 km (99 mi) long. However, measured from the source of White Drin, its length is 335 km (208 mi), making it the longest river that runs through Albania. The Black Drin (Crn Drim in Macedonian, Drini i Zi in Albanian) flows out from the Lake Ohrid in Struga and runs through the Republic of Macedonia and Albania. The White Drin (Beli Drim, Cyr. Бели Дрим, in Serbian, Drini i Bardhë in Albanian) originates from the Žljeb mountain, north of the town of Peć in the Dukagjin region of Kosovo, and runs from there through to Albania.
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