Aous River

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The Aous River, known today as the Vjosa, is a major river in the Balkans that flows from Greece into Albania before emptying into the Adriatic Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Aous River canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
ancientName Aous ⓘ
linked to: El Aouana
borderFeature forms part of the Greece–Albania border in some stretches ⓘ
category International rivers of Europe ⓘ
Rivers of Albania ⓘ
Rivers of Greece ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Albania ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Greece and Albania ⓘ
drainageBasin Adriatic Sea ⓘ
ecosystemType near-natural river ecosystem ⓘ
emptiesInto Adriatic Sea near Vlore ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
flowsInto Adriatic Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Epirus ⓘ
Fier County ⓘ
Gjirokastër County ⓘ
Ioannina regional unit ⓘ
Vlore County ⓘ
linked to: Vlorë County
hasProtectedAreas sections designated as protected landscapes and parks ⓘ
hasTributary Drino River ⓘ
Lengarica River ⓘ
Sarandaporos River ⓘ
linked to: Sarantaporos River
hasValley Vjosa Valley ⓘ
linked to: Vjosa River canyon
historicallySignificantFor ancient Epirus ⓘ
linked to: Epirus
historicalRegion Epirus ⓘ
knownAsInAlbanian Vjosa ⓘ
linked to: Vjosa River
knownAsInGreek Aoös ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
modernName Vjosa ⓘ
linked to: Vjosa River
mouth Adriatic Sea ⓘ
mouthCountry Albania ⓘ
notableFor environmental protection campaigns ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
largely free-flowing course ⓘ
partOf Adriatic Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Adriatic Sea region
region Northwestern Greece ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Greece

Southern Albania ⓘ
sourceCountry Greece ⓘ
usedIn ancient military campaigns in Epirus ⓘ

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

Apollonia (Illyria) → locatedNear → Aous River ⓘ