Krathi

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Krathi
Κράθης
Origin Achaia prefecture
Length approximately 40 km
Mouth elevation Gulf of Corinth
Basin area Ionian Sea

Krathi (Greek: Κράθης), older form: Krathis, accented forms: Kráthi and Kráthis, is a river in the eastern part of the Achaia prefecture. The river flows in the municipalities of Akrata, and Diakopto, .

[edit] Geography

The river begins in the Chelmos mountains to the north, it enters a forested then into a grassy area. The rivers enters Lake Tsivlos where it was formed by a mudslide iin 1912 and devastated the village of Tsivlos. Its next course is a forested area and near Akrata and Aigeira. Its road linking Tsivlos and Akrata flows by it and the old and the new highways flows over including a 200 m long bridge built in the 1960s. The river empties into the Gulf of Corinth west of the nowadays hotels and villas of Aigeira.

[edit] About the river

The name was known during the ancient times, according to Strabo, from Kirnasthai () flooded and had large damages especially in the city of Akrata.

[edit] Places within the river

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