Acheloos River

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The Acheloos River is one of the longest and most significant rivers in western Greece, flowing southward to the Ionian Sea and historically serving as an important natural boundary and resource.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Acheloos River canonical 11
Achelous River 2
Acheloos River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Aspropotamos
Aspropotamos River
basinCountry Greece
country Greece
culturalSignificance associated with the river god Achelous in Greek mythology
directionOfFlow generally southward
ecologicalSignificance important wetland habitats in its delta
flowsInto Ionian Sea
flowsThrough Epirus
Thessaly
West Greece region
linked to: Western Greece
formsDeltaNear Ionian Sea coast of Aetolia-Acarnania
linked to: Ionian Sea coast
hasControversy water diversion projects to Thessaly plain
hasDam Kastraki Dam
Kremasta Dam
Stratos Dam
hasDeltaType alluvial delta
hasDischargeInto Gulf of Patras region of the Ionian Sea
linked to: Gulf of Patras
hasMajorUse agricultural irrigation in Aetolia-Acarnania
hasMouthNear Astakos
Mesolongi
hasReservoir Kastraki Reservoir
linked to: Kastraki Dam

Kremasta Lake NERFINISHED
Stratos Reservoir
hasTributary Agrafiotis River
Granitsiotis River
linked to: Megdovas River

Inachos (Acheloos tributary)
Megdovas River
historicalRole important natural boundary in western Greece
natural boundary between Aetolia and Acarnania
isOneOf longest rivers in Greece
length approximately 220 km
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans

Western Greece
locatedOnContinent Europe
mouthLocatedIn Ionian Sea
namedAfter Achelous (river god)
linked to: river god Achelous
nameMeaning white river
partOf Acheloos drainage basin
regionHistoricallyAssociatedWith Acarnania
linked to: Aetolia

Aetolia
sourceLocation Epirus
Pindus Mountains
tributaryOf Ionian Sea
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
water supply
wasWorshippedAs sacred river in antiquity

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pindus Mountains riverSourceFor Acheloos River
Western Greece containsRiver Acheloos River
Central Greece hasRiver Acheloos River
subject linked to: central Greece
Mount Tzoumerka drainageBasin Acheloos River basin
linked to: Acheloos River
Mount Tzoumerka near Acheloos River
Achelous associatedWith Achelous River
subject linked to: river god Achelous
linked to: Acheloos River
Agrinio locatedNear Acheloos River
Aetolia-Acarnania hasRiver Acheloos River
Aetolia crossedBy Achelous River
linked to: Acheloos River
Evrytania hasRiver Acheloos River
Greek mainland hasMajorRiver Acheloos River
Evrytania regional unit hasRiver Acheloos River
Agrafa drainedBy Acheloos River