The Evrótas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a river in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The river originates in the Taygetos mountains and flows for 82 km. It flows through the city of Sparta and empties into the Laconic Gulf. Historically, it was used as a transportation method by the Ancient Spartans as an alternative to their port located at Gytheio. Though Peloponnese is used to refer to the entire peninsula, the periphery with that name includes only part of that landmass. ... Taygetus or Taygetos (Greek: Ταΰγετος), also Taigetos is a mountain range of the Peloponnesus, Southern Greece, extending about 65 mi (100 km) north from the southern end of Cape Matapan in the Mani Peninsula. ... Sparta (ΣπάÏτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... Gytheio (Greek, Modern: ΓÏθειο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), also Gythio, Githeio or Githio is a town of Laconia in Greece, long known as the seaport of Sparta some 30 miles inland. ...
The Evrotas was swaped by major floods, ruined properties in 1999. In November 24, 2005, a low-pressure system caused floods along the river and threatened buildings and properties and stranded automobiles as streets were flooded and crops including the famous orange and olive groves were damaged, most of those were in the town of Elos, the flood also affected villages along the valley and Gytheio. The area ruined 17,000 ha of land. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... Elos (Greek: Έλος) is a village in Greece near Skala and Vlachiotis. ...
Evrotasriver used to form vast deltaic floodplains and coastal alluvial depositions now largely reduced.
Evrotas Delta is also important for birds (242 bird species recorded, 66 included in Annex I). It also hosts important reptile and mammal species and is also one of the prime nesting areas of Sea Turtle in Greece.
In Evrotas it was only in 1995 and 1996 when thorough research was made realising that, despite severely degraded, Evrotas Delta was still very important for avifauna.
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