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Osum

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Osum is a river in southern Albania, one of the source rivers of the Seman. It is 161 km (100 mi) long and its drainage basin is 2,073 km2 (800 sq mi). Its average discharge is 32.5 m3/s (1, 150 cu ft/s). Its source is in the southwestern part of the Korçë County, near the village of Vithkuq at an altitude of 1,050 metres (3, 440 ft). It flows initially south to the Kolonjë municipality, then west to Çepan, and northwest through Çorovodë where it flows through the famous Osum Canyon, Poliçan, Berat and Urë Vajgurore. It joins the Devoll near Kuçovë, to form Seman River. The discharge of the river is reported to vary between 5.11 and 74.11 m3/s (180 and 2, 617 cu ft/s).

Flows through: Albania.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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