River Shkumbini

• Source of: moutains above Ochrid lake
• Lenght of river in km: cca 117 km
• Difficulty:

  	Part	river km	Difficulty
  upper	Pogradeca - Bërzeshta	cca 117-92	WW II
  middle	Bërzeshta - Elbasan	cca 92-46	ZW
  bottom	Elbasan - Rogozhina	46 - 0	ZW

• Conditions: The upper part is maybe navigable too, but without info. The middle part is calm river with sometimes rapids in nice countryside. The river is very contaminous under town Elbasan.
• When, who, how long, type of boat:
  The limits are defined almost for canoe. For kayaks can limit a few cm less, for rafts higher.

  Part	when	Water gauge	type of boat	recommended for	speed of flow
  upper	only shortly in spring or after heavy rain		??	??
  middle			open boat	experiences	4-5 km/h
  bottom			open boat	beginners	4-5 km/h
• Character of river:

  Part	width or character	countryside
  upper		nice valley, forest
  middle		nice valley, forest, field
  bottom		meadows, civilization

• The best part: from Librazhdi to bridge in Xibrraky
• Dangerous part:
• Usual put in and take off point: pub 3km above Librazhdi – bridge on turning to Polisi
• Continue on river:
• Access to river: Elbasanu - Librazhdi good new road, then worse roads.
• Camps: not any, but make oneself understood with local people (Add new link)