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Encyclopedia > Rivers of Greece

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the Aegean Sea The Aegean sea as seen from the island of Santorini The Aegean Sea (Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; Turkish: Ege Denizi) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). ... The Thermaic Gulf (or Thermian Gulf) is a gulf of the Aegean Sea located immediately south of Thessaloniki, east of Pieria and Imathia, and west of Chalkidiki (prefectures of Greece). ... Map showing location of the Aliákmon The Aliákmon (modern Greek: Αλιάκμονας, Aliákmonas; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , Haliákmōn or Aliákmon; Latin: Haliacmon; Bulgarian and Serbian: Бистрица, Bistritsa/Bistrica; Turkish: Ä°nce Karasu) is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of 322 km (200 miles). ... The Vardar (or Axiós, Greek: Αξιός, the ancient and current Greek name of the river, being pre-Slavic) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. ... The Maritsa river is ca . ... Mesta (Bulgarian: Места) or Nestos (Greek: Νέστος) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ... The Struma (Bulgarian: Струма, Greek: Strimonis, Turkish: Karasu (meaning black water in Turkish)) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ... The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ... Cephissus (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) the name of several rivers in Greece: Cephissus (Boeotia), a river arising in Phocis and flowing through northern Boeotia into Lake Copais. ... Cephissus (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) the name of several rivers in Greece: Cephissus (Boeotia), a river arising in Phocis and flowing through northern Boeotia into Lake Copais. ... The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. ... The Alfeiós (Greek: Αλφειός, also Alfiós) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Kladeus, Latin: Cladeus or Cladeos was a river god in Greek mythology. ... The Gulf of Patras (Greek: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος Patraikos Kolpos) is a gulf that stretches from the eastern part of the Ionian Sea between Oxeia island and Cape Araxos in the south in the west up to the Strait of Rion at the capes Rio and Antirrio to the east next... The Acheloos (Greek: Αχελώος), also Achelous, is a river in western Greece. ... The Panachaicus (Greek, Modern: Παναχαϊκό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, commonly Panachaïkos or Panachaiko and Panahaiko, Voidia or Vodia in medieval, post-medieval and until the beginning of the 20th century. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Agyia (Greek: Αγυία) is a section of the city of Greece. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... The Vjosë (Albanian indefinite form, the definite form is Vjosa) or Aóos (Greek: Αώος, Latin: Aous) is a river in north-western Greece and south-western Albania. ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα, often Γιάννενα Giannena, Yiannena or Γιάννινα Giannina, Yiannina ; Albanian: Janinë or Janina; Aromanian: Ianina, Bulgarian: Янина Janina) is a city in and the capital of Epirus, Greece, with a population of approximately 100,000 and lies at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level. ... Satellite image Map of the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... The Evrótas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a river in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. ... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site in the south province of Trapani, in the island of Sicily. ... Xylokastro (Greek:, Modern: Ξυλόκαστρο Ancient: Xylokastron, Ξυλόκαστρον Greek word meaning wooden castle) is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. ...

Ancient rivers and streams

  • Ammites (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
  • Bisaltes (an unidentified river of Bisaltia)
  • Buraicus
  • Cerynies
  • Echeidorus (emptied into the Thermaic Gulf)
  • Elpeus
  • Erechios (stream; emptied into the Strymonic Gulf)
  • Olynthiakos (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
  • Rhoedias (emptied into the Thermaic Gulf)

Bisaltia (Bisaltica) was an ancient region extending from the river Strymon and Lake Cercinitis on the east to Crestonia on the west. ... The Struma (Bulgarian: Струма, Greek: Strimonis, Turkish: Karasu (meaning black water in Turkish)) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ...

Alphabetical List

Acheloos River
Aliákmon River
Alfeios River
Andravida Creek
Aoos/Vjosë River
Ardas/Arda River
Aretha River
Asopus River (Corinthia)
Asopus River (Boeotia)
Axios/Vardar River
Erymanthos River
Evros/Maritsa River
Evrotas River
Glaucos River/Glavkos
Kifisos/Cephissus River (Athens and Piraeus)
Kifisos/Cephissus River (Eleusis)
Kladeos River
Ladonas/Ladon River
Larissos River
Lourdos River
Mornos River
Nestos/Mesta (river)
Neda River
Pineios River (Peloponnese)
Pineios River (Thessaly)
Spercheios River
Strymonas/Struma River
Sythas River

The Acheloos (Greek: Αχελώος), also Achelous, is a river in western Greece. ... Map showing location of the Aliákmon The Aliákmon (modern Greek: Αλιάκμονας, Aliákmonas; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , Haliákmōn or Aliákmon; Latin: Haliacmon; Bulgarian and Serbian: Бистрица, Bistritsa/Bistrica; Turkish: Ä°nce Karasu) is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of 322 km (200 miles). ... The Alfeiós (Greek: Αλφειός, also Alfiós) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... The Vjosë (Albanian indefinite form, the definite form is Vjosa) or Aóos (Greek: Αώος, Latin: Aous) is a river in north-western Greece and south-western Albania. ... Arda (Bulgarian: Арда, Greek: Αρδας Ardas in Greece) is a river in Bulgaria which begins in the Rhodope Mountains near the town of Smolyan, flowing 290 kilometres eastward past Kurdzhali and Ivaylovgrad and through Greece in the northern portion of the Evros prefecture including Kastanies. ... Asopus or Asôpos is the name of five different rivers in Greece and also in Greek mythology the name of the gods of those rivers. ... The Vardar (or Axiós, Greek: Αξιός, the ancient and current Greek name of the river, being pre-Slavic) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. ... The Maritsa river is ca . ... The Evrótas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a river in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. ... Cephissus (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) the name of several rivers in Greece: Cephissus (Boeotia), a river arising in Phocis and flowing through northern Boeotia into Lake Copais. ... Cephissus (Greek Κήφισσος: Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek Κήφισος: Kêphisos) the name of several rivers in Greece: Cephissus (Boeotia), a river arising in Phocis and flowing through northern Boeotia into Lake Copais. ... Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Kladeus, Latin: Cladeus or Cladeos was a river god in Greek mythology. ... Mesta (Bulgarian: Места) or Nestos (Greek: Νέστος) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. ... The Struma (Bulgarian: Струма, Greek: Strimonis, Turkish: Karasu (meaning black water in Turkish)) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Greece - LoveToKnow 1911 (15537 words)
The chief rivers (none ofwhich is navigable) are the Salambria (Peneus) in Thessaly, the Mavropotamo (Cephisus) in Phocis, the Hellada (Spercheios) in Phthiotis, the Aspropotamo (Achelous) in Aetolia, and the Ruphia (Alpheus) and Vasiliko (Eurotas) in the Morea.
A frequent peculiarity of the Greek rivers is their sudden disappearance in subterranean chasms and reappearance on the surface again, such as gave rise to the fabled course of the Alpheus under the sea, and its emergence in the fountain of Arethusa in Syracuse.
Greece is a constitutional monarchy; hereditary in the male line, or, in case of its extinction, in the female.
Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (4145 words)
Central Greece, situated N of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the low-lying plains of Thessaly, Attica, and Boeotia; Mt. Olympus (Ólimbos; 9,570 ft/2,917 m), the highest point in Greece; and Athens.
In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus.
In 1954, Greece signed an alliance with Turkey and Yugoslavia, but friction with Turkey (and also with Great Britain) soon arose over the sovereignty of Cyprus, the majority of whose population is ethnically Greek, and continued after Cyprus became independent in 1960.
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