Kopaida

E511284

Kopaida is the Greek name for Lake Copais, a former large karstic lake in Boeotia, central Greece, that was historically significant for its drainage and agricultural reclamation.

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Label Occurrences
Kopaida canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former lake ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
karstic lake ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Copais Lake ⓘ
Lake Copais ⓘ
associatedWithAncientCity Orchomenus ⓘ
associatedWithMythology Heracles ⓘ
Minyans ⓘ
climateZone Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
drainageType karstic ⓘ
hasKarstFeatures ponors (katavothres) ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Κωπαΐδα ⓘ
historicalSignificance agricultural reclamation ⓘ
drainage works ⓘ
locatedIn Boeotia ⓘ
Central Greece ⓘ
linked to: central Greece

Greek mainland ⓘ
locatedInBasin Copais Basin ⓘ
linked to: Copais basin
locatedNear Chaeronea ⓘ
Orchomenus ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
maximumExtent one of the largest lakes in ancient Greece ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernUseOfArea farmland ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
nearMountain Mount Akontion ⓘ
Mount Helicon ⓘ
Mount Ptoon ⓘ
partOf Boeotian landscape ⓘ
primaryInflow Cephissus River ⓘ
primaryOutflow Cephissus River ⓘ
regionTypeAfterDrainage agricultural plain ⓘ
wasDrainedBy artificial canals ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
wasDrainedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
wasDrainedInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
wasImportantIn Classical antiquity ⓘ
Mycenaean period ⓘ
wasKnownTo Romans ⓘ
ancient Greeks ⓘ
wasSubjectOf hydraulic engineering works ⓘ
large-scale land reclamation project ⓘ
wasUsedFor cotton cultivation ⓘ
grain cultivation ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Lake Copais → alternativeName → Kopaida ⓘ