The Sarantaporos ( el, Σαραντάπορος, sq, Sarandapor) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in northwestern

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and southern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. It is a right tributary of the river

Aoös The Vjosa (; indefinite form: ) or Aoös ( el, Αώος) is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania. Its total length is about , of which the first are in Greece, and the remaining in Albania. Its drainage basin is and its ave ...

(''Vjosë''), which flows into the

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. Its length is , of which the final approx. form the border between Greece and Albania. Its source is between the mountain ranges

Gramos Gramos ( sq, Gramoz, Mali i Gramozit; rup, Gramosta, Gramusta; el, Γράμος or Γράμμος) is a mountain range on the border of Albania and Greece. The mountain is part of the northern Pindus mountain range. Its highest peak, at the ...

and

Voio Voio ( el, Βόιο, ''Vóio''; grc, Βόιον - ''Boeon'') is a mountain range in the southwestern Kastoria and western Kozani regional units in Greece. The mountain is part of the Pindus mountains. Its highest elevation is 1,805 m. It is a d ...

, in the Kastoria regional unit. It flows through the municipal units

Arrenes Arrenes ( el, Αρρένες) is a former community in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nestorio Nestorio ( el, Νεστόριο, ''Nestório''; Ancient G ...

Mastorochoria Mastorochoria ( el, Μαστοροχώρια) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Konitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal un ...

and

Konitsa Konitsa ( el, Κόνιτσα; see also names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian border. Northeast of Konitsa lies a group of villages known as the Zagoro ...

in Greece, and the municipalities Qendër Leskovik and Çarshovë in Albania. Its basin area is , and its year-average discharge is per second.Ministry of Agriculture

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Rivers of Albania Rivers of Greece International rivers of Europe Epirus Landforms of Kastoria (regional unit) Rivers of Western Macedonia Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit) Rivers of Epirus (region) Pindus Albania–Greece border Border rivers {{Greece-river-stub

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