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Evinos River
The Evinos ( el, Εύηνος) is a river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras. Its source is in the northern Vardousia mountains, near the village Artotina, Phocis. The river flows in a generally southwestern direction, for most of its length in Aetolia-Acarnania. It feeds the reservoir of Lake Evinos, that is about 10 km². The river flows through a deep forested valley with few small villages. In its lower course it flows through lowlands, and it empties into the Gulf of Patras 10 km southeast of Missolonghi. The village Evinochori near its mouth owes its name to this river. Evinos artificial lake Due to the flooding of the area, a new dam was ordered by the Aitoloakarnanian government to construct a dam near the four-boundaries region of northern Nafpaktia. It took nearly one year and was completed in 2003. Its area is about 5 to 10 km², the height and the depth is approximately 50 m. It rarely supplies water to the area, but it is the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the historical regions of Aetolia and Acarnania, it is the country's largest regional unit. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest city and economic centre at Agrinio. The area is now connected with the Peloponnese peninsula via the Rio-Antirio Bridge. The surrounding regional units take in Arta in Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania to the northeast, and Phocis to the east. Geography Mountains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast, especially the Acarnanian Mountains. The longest and main river is the Acheloos, which ends as a delta in wetlands to the southwest on a rich fertile valley. The second longest is Evinos; others include the Ermitsa, the Inachos, and the Morn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apodotia
Apodotia (Greek: Αποδοτία) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 257.635 km2. The seat of the municipality, established in 1996, was the village Ano Chora. An earlier municipality Apodotia existed between 1835 and 1912. Subdivisions The municipal unit Apodotia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Ano Chora *Ampelakiotissa *Anavryti *Aspria *Grammeni Oxya *Grigori *Elatovrysi *Elatou *Kalloni *Katafygio Katafygio (Greek language: Καταφύγιο, meaning refuge, shelter, lodge) is a village in Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece. It is built amphitheatrically at an altitude of 620 metres on the Eastern foothills of Makryoro Mountain, which is naked a ... (Katafygio, Golemi) *Kato Chora *Kentriki (Kentriki, Sellos) *Kokkinochori (Kokkinochori, Sotiro, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Greece
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in Greece. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The confluence is given in parentheses. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of Greece see :Rivers of Greece. Tributaries Adriatic Sea * Aoos/Vjosë (near Novoselë, Albania) ** Drino (in Tepelenë, Albania) ** Sarantaporos (near Çarshovë, Albania) ** Voidomatis (near Konitsa) Ionian Sea Rivers in this section are sorted north (Albanian border) to south (Cape Malea). Epirus & Central Greece * Pavla/Pavllë (near Vrinë, Albania) *Thyamis (near Igoumenitsa) ** Tyria (near Vrosina) *Acheron (near Parga) *Louros (near Preveza) *Arachthos (in Kommeno) * Acheloos (near Astakos) **Megdovas (near Fragkista) **Agrafiotis (near Fragkista) **Granitsiotis (near Granitsa) *Evinos (near Missolonghi) *Mornos (near Nafpaktos) * Pleistos, near Kirra Peloponnese * Elissonas (in Dimini) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Aetolia-Acarnania
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, plateaux, and plains are the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer
Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. Homer's ''Iliad'' centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The ''Odyssey'' chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Homer's epic poems shaped aspects of ancient Greek culture and education, fostering ideals of heroism, glory, and honor. To Plato, Homer was simply the one who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalkeia
Chalkeia (Greek: Χάλκεια) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 114.189 km2. Population 2,397 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Trikorfo. Subdivisions The municipal unit Chalkeia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Trikorfo *Ano Vasiliki *Vasiliki (Kato Vasiliki, Perama) *Gavrolimni Gavrolimni ( el, Γαβρολίμνη, also: el, Γαυρολίμνη) is a village and a community in Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece, part of the municipality of Nafpaktia. According to the 2011 census, the village had 187 inhabitants. Geo ... * Galatas (Galatas, Kryoneri) *Kalavrouza (Kato Kalavrouza, Kalavrouza) *Perithori References Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Nafpaktia {{WGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyllini
Pyllini ( el, Πυλλήνη or Πυλήνη) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia Nafpaktia ( el, Ναυπακτία), Latinized Naupactia, is the historical name for the region around the port town of Nafpaktos (Naupactus) in Central Greece. It is also the name of a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, West G ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 123.966 km2. Population 857 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Simos. Subdivisions The municipal unit Pyllini is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Famila (Platanias, Sykea, Famila) *Anthofyto (Anthofyto, Leptokarya) *Gavros (Gavros, Koutsogiannaiika) * Dorvitsa *Eleftheriani *Milea *Palaiopyrgos (Palaiopyrgos, Perivolia) *Pokista *Simos (Simos, Kampos, Palaiochori) *Stranoma (Stranoma, Ano Kampos, Kato Kampos, Loutra S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania
Platanos (Greek: Πλάτανος meaning plane tree) is a village and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 169.678 km2. Population 1,611 (2011). The population of the village was 207 in 2011 and the population of the municipal district, which includes the village Kato Platanos, was 253. The river Evinos The Evinos ( el, Εύηνος) is a river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras. Its source is in the northern Vardousia mountains, near the village Artotina, Phocis. The river flows in a generally southwestern direction, for most o ... is situated east of the town. Geography The municipal unit Platanos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Platanos (Platanos, Kato Platanos) *Agios Dimitrios *Arachova (Arachova, Kranes) *Achladokastro *Dendrocho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nafpaktia
Nafpaktia ( el, Ναυπακτία), Latinized Naupactia, is the historical name for the region around the port town of Nafpaktos (Naupactus) in Central Greece. It is also the name of a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, West Greece region, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nafpaktos. The municipality has an area of 876.209 km2. Administration The municipality Nafpaktia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Antirrio *Apodotia *Chalkeia *Naupactus * Platanos *Pyllini Province The province of Nafpaktia ( el, Επαρχία Ναυπακτίας) was one of the provinces of the Aetolia-Acarnania Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Nafpaktia. It was abolished in 2006. Geography Nafpaktia is one of the most popular mountainous areas in Greece for its scenery, and the availability of outdoor activities suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evinochori
Evinochori ( el, Ευηνοχώρι) is a village and a community in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Evinochori is in the municipality of Missolonghi, located 10 km east of Missolonghi town centre. It is situated on the right bank of the river Evinos, about 10 km north of its outflow into the Ionian Sea. The population in 2011 was 1,651 for the village and 1,664 for the community, which includes the village Nea Kalydona. Near Evinochori are the ruins of ancient Calydon, one of the most famous ancient cities in Aetolia. The Greek National Road 5 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Ioannina) passes through the northern part of the village. Motorway 5/ E55, which opened in 2017, passes north of the village. History The ancient city of Calydon is located a bit north of modern Evinochori. The settlement, in Byzantine and Ottoman times, was known as ''Bochori'' (Μποχώρι), a name which is still commonly used today by the local population. It was also mentioned as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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