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Seman (river)
The Seman is a major river in western Albania.
It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Devoll
Seman
and Osum, a few km west of Kuçovë. It is 85 km
(53 mi) long (281 km (175 mi) with its longest
source river Devoll) and its drainage basin is
5,649 km2 (2,181 sq mi). Its average discharge is
95.7 m3/s (3,380 cu ft/s).[2] It meanders
generally westwards through a flat lowland. Near
Fier it receives Gjanica from the left. It flows into
the Adriatic Sea at the southern margin of the
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park.

Name
In classical antiquity, the Seman River was known
as the Apsus, which is a derivative of the Indo-
European root *ăp- "water, river". The Illyrian
hydronym Apsus, corresponds to Apsias, a river
name in southern Italy brought by Illyrian
migrations (Iapygians) in the region.[3] The
contemporary Albanian name Seman/Semen
(definite form: Semani/Semeni), which is used to
indicate the lower course of the river, evolved
from *Apson- through Albanian phonetic
changes. Also the contemporary Albanian name
Osum (definite form: Osumi), which is used to Location
indicate the lower course of the river, evolved Country Albania
from *Apsōn(em), but through Bulgarian
Physical characteristics
phonetic changes.[4]
Source

References • location Osum and Devoll

Mouth
1. "The coastline of Albania : morphology, • location Adriatic Sea
evolution and coastal management issues" (ht • coordinates 40°49′25″N 19°22′0″E
tp://ciesm.org/online/monographs/CSS-3/CSS
Length 85 km (53 mi)
_3_151_168.pdf) (PDF). ciesm.org. p. 8.
Basin size 5,649 km2 (2,181 sq mi)[1]
2. Cullaj, A., Hasko, A., Miho, A., Schanz, F.,
Brandl, H. & Bachofen, R. (2005). "The quality Discharge
of Albanian natural waters and the human • average 95.7 m3/s (3,380 cu ft/s)
impact" (https://www.researchgate.net/publica
tion/8121855). Environment International. 31 (1): 137. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2004.06.008 (htt
ps://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.envint.2004.06.008). PMID 15607787 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni
h.gov/15607787).
3. Palmer, Leonard Robert (1988). The Latin Language (https://books.google.com/books?id=O
7z4Sl-SgFEC). University of Oklahoma Press. p. 40. ISBN 080612136X.
4. Georgiev, Vladimir Ivanov (1981). Introduction to the History of the Indo-European

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Languages (https://books.google.com/books?id=xmZiAAAAMAAJ). Publishing House of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 350. ISBN 978-953-51-7261-1.

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