The Serdini ( el, Σερδινή) is a small river of western

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 ...

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. It is long. It is a left tributary of the

Peiros The Peiros ( el, Πείρος, formerly also ''Kamenitza'' and ''Achelous'') is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of Achaea, Greece. It is long. Geography The Peiros is the second longest river in Achaea, after Selinountas. It ...

near

Kato Alissos Alissos ( el, Αλισσός) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Dymi, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Patras, 3 km east of Kato Achaia, 3 km southwest of Kaminia and 17 km southwest of Patras. Th ...

Geography

The Serdini flows through the municipal units of

Olenia Olenia ( el, Ωλενία) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 ...

and Dymi, both part of the municipality

West Achaea West Achaea ( el, Δυτική Αχαΐα – ''Dytiki Achaia'') is a municipal subdivision within greater Achaea – an ancient region of West Greece which forms part of the modern territory of larger Greece. The seat of the municipality is the t ...

. It rises near the village of Flokas and flows generally north along the villages

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, Ano Soudenaiika, Avgeraiika, Agios Nikolaos and

Lousika Lousika (Greek: Λουσικά) is a village in Achaea, Greece. It is located 5 km southeast of Kato Achaia, 3 km south of Alissos, and 20 km southwest of Patras. In 2001 Lousika had a population of 454 for the village and 632 for ...

. It empties into the Peiros south of

. In the fertile valley of the Serdini river, several artifacts from the

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have been excavated, including a cemetery near Spaliaraiika.Michalis Petropoulos,
Mycenean cemetery in Spaliareika, near Lousika
, A.D. Rizakis, Achaean Landscapes, Dyme and its territory. Proceedings of the International Conference Dymaia-Vouprasia, Kato Achaia, 6-8 October 1995, KERA-EIE, Athens, 2000, p. 65-92 "

References

{{Reflist Landforms of Achaea Rivers of Greece Rivers of Western Greece Olenia