Pamissos River

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Pamisos
Origin	Messinia prefecture
Length	approximately 50 km
Mouth elevation	Ionian Sea
Basin area	Messinian Gulf at the Ionian Sea

The Pamisos or the Pamissos River (Greek: Ποταμός Παμίσου Potamos Pamisou) is a river that flows entirely in the Messinia prefectures in the southern Peloponnese in Greece.

[edit] Geography

The river begins in the mountains of Lykaio to the north in an area filled with grasslands, rocks, a few bushes and rarely some trees, villages lie within the river area. Since 2001, the GR-7 runs on the east side of the valley and southward, its entirety. The river enter the Pamisos valley or the plain. and passes the bridge of GR-9A (E55) and into the towns of Zevgolatio and Meligala, it flows near Eva and east of modern Messini as well as the GR-82 and further south empties into the Ionian Sea with the Messenian Gulf.