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Krios ( el, Κριός, la, Crius) is a stream (little river) in the municipal unit of
Aigeira Aigeira ( el, Αιγείρα) (, grc, Αἰγείρα or Αἴγειρα, la, Aegeira) is a town and a former municipality in northeastern Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit of the ...
, in
Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
, southern
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. It is long. Its source is on mount
Chelmos Aroania ( el, Αροάνια), also known as Helmos or Chelmos (Χελμός, from South Slavic , "summit"), is a mountain range in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. At 2,355 m elevation, Aroania is the third highest mountain of the Peloponnese, after ...
, near the village Perithori. It flows near the ancient city of Felloi and the villages Sinevro,
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and the Mycenaean
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of ancient Aigeira. The stream empties into the
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near
Aigeira Aigeira ( el, Αιγείρα) (, grc, Αἰγείρα or Αἴγειρα, la, Aegeira) is a town and a former municipality in northeastern Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit of the ...
.


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Landforms of Achaea Rivers of Greece Rivers of Western Greece Drainage basins of the Gulf of Corinth {{Greece-river-stub