Glafkos (river)
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The Glafkos ( el, Γλαύκος, Gláfkos; la, Glaucus) is a small
river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in the city of
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. It flows into the
Gulf of Patras The Gulf of Patras ( el, Πατραϊκός Κόλπος, ''Patraikós Kólpos'') is a branch of the Ionian Sea in Western Greece. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirrio bridge, that ...
( Ionian Sea) in Patras south of the city centre. It is long. A hydroelectric power plant was built on this river in 1927. Currently, it is open to the public as a museum. Its source is in the southern part of the mountain
Panachaiko The Panachaiko ( el, Παναχαϊκό, "Panachaean"), also known as Vodias (Βοδιάς) mainly at the Middle Ages, is a mountain range in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It spans about 20 km in length from north to south, and 15–20 k ...
, near the village Vetaiika. It flows along the villages Moira and Neo Souli, and through the southern part of the city of Patras.


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*{{Commonscat-inline, Glaucus river Rivers of Greece Geography of Patras Landforms of Achaea Rivers of Western Greece Drainage basins of the Ionian Sea