The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. It is probably not named after the god Peneus. It flows from the mountain Erymanthus (Olonos), and empties into a bay SW of Gastouni connecting the Ionian Sea. The river flows through the southern half of the Ilia plain. The river passes through: For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos; Latinized as Peloponnesus, and principally known in English as the Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... In Greek mythology, Peneus (Πηνειός) was a river god, one of the three-thousand Oceanids, a child of Oceanus and Tethys. ... Erymanthus was a mortal son of Apollo, who was blinded by the Goddess Aphrodite when he accidentally saw her bathing. ... Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη, -ι) is a town and a municipality in northern Ilia, Greece. ... The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. ... Ilia may refer to: the Greek prefecture Ilia an alternative name of the mother of Romulus and Remus, see Rhea Silvia Ilia a character in Star Trek: The Motion Picture a town in Romania, county Hunedoara, see Ilia, Romania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other...

• Agia Triada
• north of Simopoulo
• Kentro
• Ancient Elis
• between Roupaki and Agia Mavra
• south of Kavasilas
• east of Vartholomio

In ancient times, the river passed east of what is now Staphidokampos, the Andravida Military Airport, Lechaina, and the former wetlands, now drained for agricultural purposes, near Agios Panteleimonas. Simopoulo (Greek, Modern: Σιμόπουλον, Ancient/Katharevousa: Simopoulon) is a community located about 5 km west of GR-33 and south of the Peneus valley. ... There are places that have the name (Greek, Modern: Κέντρο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, meaning centre (center), also Kendro, Kedro older forms Kentron, Kendron, Kedron in Greece: Kentro, a village in the prefecture of Grevena Kentro, a village in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia. ... Elis, or Eleia (Greek, Modern: Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Ήλις, also Ilis, Doric: Άλις) is an ancient district within the modern prefecture of Ilia. ... Roupaki (Greek: Ρουπακι) is a community that is a part of the municipality of Gastouni in the prefecture of Ilia in Greece. ... Agia Mavra (Greek: Άγια Μάυρα) is a village in the prefecture of Ilia. ... Kavasila, rarely Kavassila (Greek: Modern: Καβάσιλα, Ancient/Katharevoussa: Καβάσιλας) is a small town that is part of Gastouni in NNW Ilia. ... Vartholomio (Greek: Βαρθολομιο, pre-1970s, -ιον, -ion) is a town and a municipality in northwestern Ilia in Greece. ... Andrav da, (Ανδραβίδα) is a city in the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece that has a military base in the east side. ... Lechainá (Λεχαινά), also Lechena or Lehena is a town in the Prefecture of Ilia, Greece that is 39 km N (old distance: 37 km) north of the nearby city of Pyrgos and regions of Messenia and Arcadia. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Agios Panteleimonas (Greek, Modern: Άγιος Παντελέιμωνας, Ancient/Katharevousa: Άγιος Παντελέιμων), also Lechaina/Lechena Beach (Greek: Παραλία Λεχαινων) is a small community in the northwestern part of Lechaina. ...

In the 1960s, the government began building an earth-shaped dam named the Peneus Dam (Φράγμα Πηνειού Fragma Pineiou) to supply water for the north and much of Elia. This has flooded a couple of roads including those from Gastouni to Simopoulo, and from Borsi to Simopoulo which is now accessible over the earth dam. The direction is almost directly north to south. The water is not safe for drinking, because it contains some contaminants. The dam is considered the highest dam in Elia, but not the Peloponnese. The floodway length is nearly 1 km. It contains the prefecture's (then the Peloponnese's) longest suspended bridge which is suspended with concrete. Distance from Gastouni is 16 km, and Amaliada is nearly 20 km NE. The length of the road over the dam is nearly 2 km with a water control tower in the middle. Roads were remapped and now bypass Kentro. The population is around 200. The river is seldom dry but many of its tributaries during dry summers cease to flow. Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos; Latinized as Peloponnesus, and principally known in English as the Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ...

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