The Achelous ( Greek : Αχελώος , Ancient Greek : Ἀχελῷος Akhelôios ), also Acheloos , is a river in Epirus , western Greece . It is 220 km (137 mi) long. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea . In ancient times its spirit was venerated as the river god Achelous .
17-525: Aspropotamos may refer to: Aspropotamos (river) , a river in western Greece Aspropotamos, Evrytania , a municipal unit in Evrytania, Greece Aspropotamos, Trikala , a municipal unit in the Trikala regional unit, Greece [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
34-468: A mountainous region of Greece , located north of Aetolia . Dolopia was located between Epirus and Thessaly , eventually absorbed into the latter. It was a mountainous district in the southwestern corner of Thessaly, lying between Mount Tymphrestus , a branch of Pindus , on the one side, and Mount Othrys on the other. The Dolopes were, like the Magnetes , an ancient Hellenic people, and members of
51-631: Is also fed by the rivers Agrafiotis and Megdovas . On exiting the Kremasta reservoir, the river flows southwest into Aetolia-Acarnania, feeding the Kastraki reservoir, west of the Panaitoliko range. 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2 to 9.3 mi) downstream from this lake, it flows into the Stratos reservoir. Further downstream, it runs through the lowlands west of Agrinio . It finally empties into
68-630: Is downstream and was completed in 1969. Downstream of Katsiki, the Stratos Dam was completed in 1989. The arch bridges includes the Karafilio and the Ardanovo . The Acheloos River Diversion project has been the center of debate since the 1980s. It calls for four large dams, the Sykia , Mesochora , Mouzaki and Pyli , along with a 17.4 km-long (10.8 mi) channel. The goal of the project
85-515: Is the Aspropotamos , meaning the white river. The river flows generally southwards, and forms part of the boundary between the regional units of Arta and Trikala, which is also the boundary between Epirus and Thessaly . Further downstream, it forms the boundary of Arta and Karditsa , and further of Aetolia-Acarnania and Evrytania . The river runs into the Kremasta reservoir, which
102-455: Is to divert 600,000,000 m (490,000 acre⋅ft) annually from the river west towards the Thessaly plains in order to help irrigate 240,000–380,000 ha (590,000–940,000 acres) of mostly cotton crops. Construction on the project has been stalled several times, the latest in 2005, because of environmental and social concerns. Dolopia Dolopia ( Ancient Greek : Δολοπία ) is
119-643: The Amphictyonic League . They are mentioned by Homer as included in Phthia , but were governed by a subordinate chieftain of their own. Though nominally belonging to Thessaly, they seem practically to have been independent: and their country was at a later period a constant subject of contention between the Aetolians and the kings of Macedonia . The only place in Dolopia of the slightest importance
136-597: The Ionian Sea , 29 km (18 mi) west of Missolonghi . In order from upstream to downstream: There are five dams on the river. From upstream to downstream there is the Mesochora Dam which was completed in 2001 but has not impounded its reservoir. Below that is the Sykia Dam which is partly constructed. Further down is the Kremasta (1965), Kastraki (1969) and Stratos Dams (1989). In antiquity,
153-706: The Achelous was the largest and most celebrated river in Greece, rising in Mount Pindus , and after flowing through the mountainous country of the Dolopians and Agraeans , entered the plain of Acarnania and Aetolia near Stratus , and discharged itself into the Ionian Sea , near the Acarnanian town of Oeniadae . It subsequently formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia, but in the time of Thucydides
170-577: The Achelous. In 1359 the Battle of Achelous between Albanian forces under Peter Losha and the Despotate of Epirus under Nikephoros II Orsini took place near the river Achelous. Nikephoros II was defeated and killed during the battle, and two new states were established in the area, the Despotate of Arta and the Despotate of Angelokastron and Lepanto . In the 1960s, the Kremasta Dam in
187-520: The Aitoloacarnania-Evrytania boundary was under construction. The area is not forested. The dam, made of concrete, took years to complete, eventually flooding a portion of the western part of the prefecture of Eurytania. The dam includes a power station with transformer lines in the east. The dam powers electricity for the western part of Greece and the central part. It caused some soil erosion in some flooded valleys. The Kastraki Dam
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#1732775646705204-493: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aspropotamos&oldid=1065863521 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aspropotamos (river) Herodotus , taking notice of
221-660: The shoreline-transforming power of the Acheloos River, even compared it to the Nile in this respect: It is said to have been called more anciently Thoas , Axenus and Thestius . The river Achelous begins at about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) elevation on the eastern slope of Lakmos mountain in the Pindus range, near the village Anthousa in the westernmost part of the Trikala regional unit . One of its first tributaries
238-403: The sources of the river near a place called Chalcis . It is said to have been called more anciently Thoas , Axenus and Thestius . In the lower part of its course, the plain through which it flows was called in antiquity Paracheloitis after the river. This plain was celebrated for its fertility, though covered in great part with marshes, several of which were formed by the overflowings of
255-455: The territory of Oeniadae extended east of the river. It is usually called a river of Acarnania, but it is sometimes assigned to Aetolia. Its general direction is from north to south. Its waters are of a whitish yellow or cream colour, whence it derives a later name of Aspropotamo or the White river, and to which Dionysius Periegetes probably alludes in the epithet ἀργυροδίνης. Periegetes places
272-469: Was Ctimene . Other of their cities were, Angeia and Dolopeis , close to lake Xynius . The Dolopes ( Greek : Δόλοπες ) were considered Thessalians , or sometimes Aetolians . There was also a son of the god Hermes named Dolops ( Greek : Δόλοψ ), and two persons in the Iliad . One was the son of Lampus , an elder Trojan and son of king Laomedon (who was killed by Menelaus ). Another Dolops
289-593: Was the son of Clytius , Clytides ( Greek : Κλυτίδης ), who was killed by Hector , and a third one was the father of Iphimachus that took care of Philoctetes . Dolopians were either under Thessalian rule, or autonomous and members of the Amphictyonic league . In 480 BC they joined the Persian marching army. In 420 BC they warred against Heraclea in Trachis in alliance with Thessalians and Aenianians . In
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