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Geodiversity Assessment of Shkodra Municipality, Albania Cover

Geodiversity Assessment of Shkodra Municipality, Albania

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 45 (2026): Issue 1 (March 2026)
By: Drisela Kraja and  Gáspár Albert  
Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

a) – Overview of the study area, b) – Tectonic map of Albania (Schmid et al. 2020), c) – Geological map of the study area (Xhomo et al. 2002).

Fig. 2.

The relative proportion of formations belonging to different geological periods in the study area.

Fig. 3.

a) – 2 km × 2 km cells of a grid system of Shkodra Municipality, b) – a random area featuring c) – geological, d) – geomorphological, e) – pedological data, with geodiversity sub-index (above) and normalised geodiversity sub-index (below).

Fig. 4.

All the sub-indices calculated for the study area: a) – geological, b) – palaeontological, c) – pedological, d) – mineral occurrences, e) – geomorphological (relief & hydrography), f) – geodiversity index (a sum of all sub-indices).

Fig. 5.

Normalised geodiversity index map with pictures attached. On the left, a – the yellow squares indicate the areas with high geodiversity index values: 1 – Theth National Park; 2 – Drin River Basin near the Vau i Dejës reservoir; 3 – Lake Shkodra together with Shiroka and Zogaj settlements; 4 – Buna River protected landscape. On the right, there are some illustrations of high geodiversity areas mentioned in the study: b – Theth National Park; c – the point where the Buna, Drini and Kiri rivers join, which can be captured from Rozafa Castle; d – Shiroka and Zogaj settlements, located in the central part of the Shkodra Municipality.

Fig. 6.

Distribution of the normalised geodiversity indexes in the study area.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2026-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 99 - 112
Submitted on: Feb 20, 2025
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Published on: Mar 23, 2026
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
geotourism,
geosite,
geological heritage,
geospatial analysis,
hot-spot identification
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2026 Drisela Kraja, Gáspár Albert, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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