Kir (river)

{{Infobox river

| name = Kir

| name_other = Lumi i Kirit{{GEOnet2|32FA884CE5573774E0440003BA962ED3|Lumi i Kirit (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, {{GEOnet2|32FA884CE5583774E0440003BA962ED3| Kiri (Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

| image = Ura e Mesit Mbi Perroin e Kirit 03.jpg

| image_caption = Kir river stream flowing under the Mesi Bridge

| source1_location = Albanian Alps

| mouth_location = Great Drin

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42|02|35|N|19|29|56|E|display=inline,title}}

| progression = Great Drin→ {{RBojana}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Albania

| length_km = 52

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size =

}}

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File:Lumi Kir - panoramio - Besnik Karmaj.jpg

The Kir ({{langx|sq|Kir}} or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër.{{Citation|chapter=Kiri|title=Topographic map 1:250,000, Titograd, NK-34-04, series 1501|publisher= United States Defense Intelligence Agency|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/western_europe/txu-oclc-6472044-nk34-4.jpg}}

In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs.The Albanian tribe or fis of Kiri inhabited this area. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge crosses the Kir.