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Albania. Vlorë County. Two cars and a Mercedes van cross the Vivari Channel on a motorized pontoon ferry pulled by cables. People wait on both banks of the Vivari Channel.  The pontoon ferry is situated near the gate of the Butrint National Park. Two small forts, the Ali Pasha Castle and the Venetian Triangular Castle, are located near the mouth of the channel; both were built during the rule of Ali Pasha of Ioannina. The Vivari Channel (also known as Butrinto River) links Lake Butrint in the extreme south of Albania with the Straits of Corfu, and forms a border of the peninsula of Butrint. The natural channel flows in both directions every six hours, from the lake to the sea and vice versa during the rising tide facilitating the access of saline waters into Lake Butrint. The channel serves as the demarcation line where the Adriatic Sea ends and the Ionian Sea begins. 3.10.2024 © 2024 Didier Ruef