The Loudias ( el, Λουδίας) or Lydias (Λυδίας), popularly called Mavroneri (Μαυρονέρι, "Blackwater", from its

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

name ''Kara Asmak'' قره آصماق) is a river in

Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...

that flows through the regional units of

Pella Pella ( el, Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. On site of the ancient cit ...

and

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

draining into the Thermaic Gulf through the Axios Delta National Park. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

is .

Changes in river flow

In the past water from the

Voras The Voras Mountains ( el, Όρος Βόρας; also Boras), also known as Nidže ( mk, , tr, Nice Dağı)http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/q/787674/Nid%C5%BEe/MK/Macedonia/0/#. ''Nidže'', Accessed 7 May 2012 are a mountain range situated on the ...

, Vermio and Paiko mountains, flowed into

Giannitsa Lake __NOTOC__ Giannitsa Lake ( el, Λίμνη Γιαννιτσών), also known as Loudias Lake ( el, Λίμνη Λουδία) is a former post-glacial lake in Central Macedonia, Greece, south of the town of Giannitsa and north of Gidas (later rename ...

and from there flowed to the

Thermaic Gulf The Thermaic Gulf (), also called the Gulf of Salonika and the Macedonian Gulf, is a gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pieria Imathia and Larissa ...

. The Loudias now collects water that comes mainly from Mount Paiko and the main source is close to

Aravissos Aravissos ( el, Αραβησσός) is a village in Pella, Greece. The village lies at the foot of Mount Paiko and is 11 km northwest of Giannitsa. History The name of the village, which belonged to the community of Asiar Bey, was originally O ...

. A section of the river has been converted into an artificial channel (Channel 66-Moglenitsas), thus enabling the draining of Lake Giannitsa and its marshlands. Throughout the length of about 60 km, the region is fertile. At the city of Giannitsa there is a rowing centre. In 1912, during the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

, this area became the site of the

Battle of Giannitsa The Battle of Yenidje, also transliterated as Yenice ( el, Μάχη των Γιαννιτσών, Battle of Giannitsa), was a major battle between Greek forces under Crown Prince Constantine and Ottoman forces under General Hasan Tahsin Pasha a ...

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Landforms of Pella (regional unit) Rivers of Greece Landforms of Central Macedonia Landforms of Thessaloniki (regional unit) Drainage basins of the Aegean Sea {{Greece-river-stub