Agrafiotis
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| Agrafiotis | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Evrytania prefecture |
| Length | approximately 50 km |
| Mouth elevation | Kremasta/Acheloos |
| Basin area | Gulf of Patras and the Ionian Sea |
The Agrafioti River (Greek: Potamos Agrafiotis) is a river that flows entirely in the Evrytania prefecture. The river owes its name to Agrafa, one of the largest communities and once the second largest in the prefecture. The river begins in the mountains of the north the prefecture and passes into its valley filled with only traces of farmlands, beautiful pine and spruce trees and its natural beauty with a few stone bridges, it passes west of Agrafa, and east of Palaiokatafga near its third major road of the prefecture and next to Tripotamia, named for its three rivers flowing with the Acheloos. The river empties into the tributaries of the Acheloos and the Megdova rivers (though not seen today) and into the Kremasta/Acheloos Reservoir, the largest in the nation.
[edit] Places within the river
- Agrafa
- Palaiokatafga
- Tripotamia
[edit] History
In 1967, the Kremasta reservoir was under construction and before, it was the tributary with the Acheloos and the Megdova rivers and the flow was extended approximately two kilometres further north when it was complete in the early to mid 1970s.
[edit] External links
- Agrafiotis on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
