Introduction
The coast of Albania, from the mouth of the Buna (Buene) River south to Cape Stylos in Kerkira Strait is about 385 km long. There are steep sectors of coastline, mainly along the seaward flanks of ridges that trend NW–SE, and there are low-lying sectors, chiefly at the mouths of river valleys where deltas have been built. The ridges end in capes, many of which are in encephalon sequence, sheltering bays that open northward (Fig. 8.22.1 ).
Coastal geomorphology of Albania.
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Shuisky, Y. (2010). Albania. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_127
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