Aspropotamos River

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The Aspropotamos River, better known as the Acheloos River, is one of the longest and most significant rivers in western Greece, historically important in Greek mythology and regional agriculture.

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Aspropotamos River canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Acheloos River ⓘ
Achelous River ⓘ
linked to: Acheloos River
basinCountry Greece ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
drainageBasin western Greece ⓘ
ecosystem wetlands at its estuary ⓘ
emptiesInto Ionian Sea ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward to the Ionian Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Epirus region ⓘ
linked to: Epirus

Thessaly region ⓘ
West Greece region ⓘ
linked to: Western Greece
formsBorderBetween Acarnania ⓘ
linked to: Aetolia

Aetolia ⓘ
hasColorEtymology name Aspropotamos means White River in Greek ⓘ
hasDam Kastraki Dam ⓘ
Kremasta Dam ⓘ
Stratos Dam ⓘ
hasDeity Achelous (river god) ⓘ
linked to: river god Achelous
hasMouthNear Acheloos estuary ⓘ
Echinades Islands ⓘ
hasTributary Agrafiotis River ⓘ
Inachos River (Aetolia) ⓘ
Megdovas River ⓘ
historicalSignificance important boundary in ancient Greece ⓘ
important for agriculture in western Greece ⓘ
length approximately 137 miles ⓘ
approximately 220 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn western Greece ⓘ
mentionedIn ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
mouth Ionian Sea ⓘ
mythologicalRole associated with Heracles in Greek mythology ⓘ
personified as the god Achelous ⓘ
namedAfter river god Achelous ⓘ
partOf Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
passesNear Agrinio ⓘ
Amfilochia ⓘ
passesThrough Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit ⓘ
linked to: Aetolia-Acarnania

Arta regional unit ⓘ
Trikala regional unit ⓘ
significance one of the longest rivers in Greece ⓘ
one of the most important rivers of western Greece ⓘ
sourceLocation Epirus region ⓘ
linked to: Epirus

Pindus Mountains ⓘ
supports regional agriculture ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
watercourseType perennial river ⓘ

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Acheloos River → alsoKnownAs → Aspropotamos River ⓘ