Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape

The Buna River-Velipojë Protected Landscape (Albanian: Peisazh i Mbrojtur Lumi Buna-Velipojë) is a protected landscape area in northwestern Albania, encompassing the estuary of Drin, the lagoon of Viluni, the river of Buna with its estuary, and the gulf of Drin that runs across the city of Velipojë alongside the Adriatic Sea.

The landscape is an essential migration corridor at that season for hundreds of species between the Adriatic Sea and the innland.

[9] The region is explicitly marked by a relatively flat and shallow landscape supplied with alluvial forests, dry grasslands, marsh and shrublands, estuaries, freshwater wetlands and beaches.

The climate of the landscape is strongly under the influence of the Adriatic Sea in the west and the Albanian Alps in the north.

The coastline, dotted with sand dunes, offers great feeding opportunities for the brown bear.

Coastal protected areas near Velipoja and Shengjin
Viluni Lagoon
Forest inside the protected area