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14-652: Acheloos (ancient Greek: Ἀχελῷος) may refer to: Achelous River , a major river in Greece Achelous River (disambiguation) , other rivers of the name in Greece Achelous , a river deity in Greek mythology Acheloos (municipality) , a municipal unit in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece See also [ edit ] Achelous (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

28-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Achelous River Herodotus , taking notice of 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

42-610: 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

56-719: Is partly constructed. Further down is the Kremasta (1965), Kastraki (1969) and Stratos Dams (1989). In antiquity, 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

70-471: 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. Kremasta Dam The Kremasta Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on

84-648: The Achelous River in Aetolia-Acarnania , Greece. It is located just downstream of where the Agrafiotis , Tavropos and Trikeriotis rivers meet to form the Achelous. The dam was constructed between 1961 and 1965 and its four 109.3 MW Francis turbine -generators were commissioned between 1966 and 1967. Shortly after the dam's reservoir, Lake Kremasta , was filled a 6.3-M w earthquake occurred. This has been attributed to reservoir-induced seismicity . Lake Kremasta

98-585: The Kremasta Dam in 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

112-570: The Stratos reservoir. Further downstream, it runs through the lowlands west of Agrinio . It finally empties into 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

126-473: The Acarnanian town of Oeniadae . It subsequently formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia, but in the time of Thucydides 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

140-548: The White river, and to which Dionysius Periegetes probably alludes in the epithet ἀργυροδίνης. Periegetes places 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

154-585: The boundary of Arta and Karditsa , and further of Aetolia-Acarnania and Evrytania . The river runs into the Kremasta reservoir, which 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

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168-585: 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 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

182-506: The overflowings of 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,

196-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Acheloos . 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=Acheloos&oldid=877663684 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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