Lake Yliki ( el, Υλίκη ''Yliki'',
Ancient Greek
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: Ὑλίκη ''Hylike'', Latinised as ''Hylica'') is a large natural
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much lar ...
of
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, wikt:Βοιωτία, Βοιωτία; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is pa ...
, central
Greece
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. Situated 8 km north of
Thebes at 78 m elevation, it has been an important source of drinking water for the
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
agglomeration since 1958.
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/ref> It is surrounded by low mountains, which separate it from the drained Lake Copais
Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida ( grc, Κωπαΐς; ell, Κωπαΐδα), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was drained in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kopaida. ...
.
In popular culture
Some scenes of French-singer Indila's music video "S.O.S" were filmed at the lake.
See also
*List of lakes in Greece
This is a list of lakes of Greece.
Natural lakes of Greece
* Central Greece
** Lake Amvrakia
**Lake Dystos, Euboea, presently largely drained
** Lake Lysimachia
**Lake Ozeros
**Lake Saltini
**Lake Voulkaria
** Lake Yliki
** Lake Trichonida
** L ...
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Yliki
Lake Yliki ( el, Υλίκη ''Yliki'', Ancient Greek: Ὑλίκη ''Hylike'', Latinised as ''Hylica'') is a large natural lake of Boeotia, central Greece. Situated 8 km north of Thebes at 78 m elevation, it has been an important source of drinking ...
Landforms of Boeotia
Landforms of Central Greece
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