| Krathis Κράθις |
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| Origin | Achaia prefecture |
| Length | approximately 40 km |
| Mouth elevation | Gulf of Corinth |
| Basin area | Ionian Sea |
Krathis (Greek: Κράθις) is a river in the eastern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows in the municipalities of Akrata and Diakopto.
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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 in 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.
The name was known during the ancient times, according to Strabo, from Kirnasthai () flooded and had large damages especially in the city of Akrata.