The Spercheios (Greek: Σπερχειός, Latin: Spercheus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. The river begins in the Eurytaniaprefecture in the Panaitoloko mountains and flows northeast from near Megalo Chorio and into Karpenisi and flows within GR-38 and through Agios Georgios Tymfistos south of the Tymfistos and into the prefecture of Fthiotis. The river flows into a plain in the west-central part and into south of Lamia. The river flows into an area which was dominated by swamp and wetlands which much of the land became used for farming and empties tinto the Malian Gulf. In Greek mythology, Spercheus (also Sperchius, Spercheius, Spercheios, Sperkheios) was the name of and the god of a river in Thessaly. ... Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Evritania, Evrytania (Greek: Ευρυτανία), rarely/Latin: Eurytania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Fthiotis, or Fthiotida (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... There are several different meanings of Lamia. ...
SpercheiosRiver meets the sea in the SW corner of the bay.
Moving from the city of Lamia to the rivers springs, the landscape is dominated by permanent dry and irrigated cropland.
Finally, close to the springs of the river, apart from small patches of land occupied by orchards, the area is dominated by abandoned agricultural land.
The Spercheios (Greek: Σπερχειός, Latin: Spercheus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece.
The river begins in the Eurytaniaprefecture in the Panaitoloko mountains and flows northeast from near Megalo Chorio and into Karpenisi and flows within GR-38 and through Agios Georgios Tymfistos south of the Tymfistos and into the prefecture of Fthiotis.
The river flows into an area which was dominated by swamp and wetlands which much of the land became used for farming and empties tinto the Malian Gulf.
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