The Moglenitsas ( el, Μογλενίτσας) is a river in
Almopia
Almopia ( el, Αλμωπία), or Enotia, also known in the Middle Ages as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, Macedonian and Bulgarian: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) of the Pella regional uni ...
, northern
Greece.
The river has its
headwater
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
The ...
in the
Vermio Mountains of
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
,
Greece and it flows into the
Aliakmonas
The Haliacmon ( el, Αλιάκμονας, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliakmon, Maritsa ( el ...
River near
Kouloura
A kouloura, or kouloures (Greek plural ''koulourai'') is a circular subsurface pit with stone walls found in certain settlements within Ancient Crete, including Phaistos, Knossos, and Mallia.
According to the stratigraphy, the kouloura were all c ...
, between
Veria and
Alexandreia, twenty
kilometers west of
Thessaloniki.
Tributaries of the Moglenitsas include the Xiropotamos, Toplitsas, Koziakas and Golemas rivers. As the only outflow from the region of Almopia it flows between low hills to the south, where it forms a small canyon. In the 1930s the river was redirected by use of a
canal and today irrigates the region of Almopia.
[Gemeinde Almopia rsg. ''Epichirisiako Schedio Dimou Almopias,'' Aridea 201]
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Der Fluss mit seinen Zuflüssen bewässert die Felder der Landschaft Almopias.The river is used for sports such as rafting and kayaking and for irrigation.
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References
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Rivers of Greece
Landforms of Kastoria (regional unit)
Rivers of Western Macedonia
Landforms of Imathia
Landforms of Central Macedonia