Initial planning

Aoos river flows into Adriatic sea, after spreading 98 km in the Greek region and 181 km in the Albanian region. Aoos is one of the biggest rivers in Albania and one of the big rivers in Europe that was not significantly modified by humans. Walking across a rough landscape with mountains up to 2485 meters high (Drites) and valleys, the Lagoon of Narta flows into the north, in the wider region of Avlona. Through this course, dynamical forms are being established as in a living organism. The ìåáíäñéóìïß that are being formed together with the holms, create a landscape of unique beauty, due to their great size combined with the harsh riversides (when the width of river becomes norrower). In terms of the program, actions relative with the lagoon of Narta are materialized, aiming to the safeguarding of natural conditions of operation of the riverine system, which is a natural heritage in national and international level.

Implementation

The results of this study showed that along the whole length of the river Aoos the quality of habitats is excellent, resulting to:

A better ability of self-cleaning by the river, A very good condition of the biota (flora and fauna) of the region

The fauna of the lakebed invertebrate is typical of the northern ridges in all the river's regions with the exception of two that have been burdened by human activity. The fish fauna is comprised of 18 species of fish 5 of which are common to the Greek and Albanian section of the river. Certain species are protected by E.U. legislation. he avifauna is comprised of 200 bird species, many of which are protected by E.U. legislation, while others are globally considered endangered species like the Dalmatian Pelican, the red kite and lesser kestrel

The Aoos River can be a prototype of naturalness for the Balkan rivers and to act as a guide in environmental restitution projects in heavily modified rivers.