The Lanë ( sq-definite, Lana) is the main stream that crosses through
Tirana, the capital of
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
. Its source is in the mountains east of Tirana. Although once clean, it now carries
sewage. During the 1990s, many illegal kiosks and buildings were constructed on the banks of the river. They were later demolished and removed in a campaign by Tirana's then-mayor
Edi Rama in the early 2000s. No fish live there now due to the high pollution of its waters. The Lanë flows into the
Tiranë River near
Bërxullë.
See also
*
List of rivers of Albania
References
''Genomic Characterization of Human and Environmental Polioviruses Isolated in Albania'' Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 1999, p. 3534-3539, Vol. 65, No. 8
''Genomic characterization of human and environmental polioviruses isolated in Albania''PubMed
Bodies of water of Tirana
Rivers of Albania
Geography of Tirana County
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