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The Pamisos (, la, Pamisus) is the largest river of the Messenia regional unit of the southern
Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
in
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. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is on the western slopes of the Taygetus mountains,Geography of Messenia
near the village
Agios Floros Agios Floros ( el, Άγιος Φλώρος) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Arfara, Messenia, southern Greece. The community consists of the villages Agios Floros and Christofilaiika. It is located on the National Road 7 (Gree ...
. It runs through the municipal units of Arfara, Ithomi, Androusa,
Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to: People * Aris (surname) Given name * Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player * Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Howard, Former President of the Jamai ...
,
Messini Messini ( el, Μεσσήνη, before 1867: Νησί ''Nisi'') is a municipal unit (''dimotiki enotita'') and the seat town (''edra'') of the municipality (''dimos'') of Messini within the regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') of Messenia in th ...
,
Thouria Thouria ( el, Θουρία) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalamata Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous c ...
and Kalamata. It flows into the
Messenian Gulf The Messenian Gulf (, ''Messiniakós Kólpos'') is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea. The gulf is circumscribed by the southern coasts of Messenia and the southwestern coast of the Mani peninsula in Laconia. Its bounds are Venetiko Island t ...
east of Messini and west of Kalamata.


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See also

* List of rivers in Greece Landforms of Messenia Rivers of Greece Rivers of Peloponnese (region) Drainage basins of the Ionian Sea {{Greece-river-stub