The Charadros ( el, Χάραδρος) is a river in the northern part of
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
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Greece. Its course lies entirely within the municipality of
Patras
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. It is long.
Geography
The source of the river Charadros is in the
Panachaiko mountains, northwest of its highest point. It flows in a northwestern direction through a narrow, forested valley. In its lower course, it passes the villages
Skioessa and
Kato Kastritsi
Kato Kastritsi ( el, Κάτω Καστρίτσι) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Rio, Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Kato Kastritsi and Magoula. It is situated at about 100 m elevation in the northwe ...
. In the north bank is the
University of Patras. The river is crossed by
Greek National Road 8 and
Motorway 5 as well as the
Athens–Patras railway. It empties into the
Gulf of Patras in the northern Patras neighbourhood
Kastellokampos.
History
In
Antiquity
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, the herdsmen believed that female animals that drank water from the river bore mostly male offspring; for this reason, they only watered their cows here. Alternative, historical names are Belbitsianiko and Bozaitiko.
References
Landforms of Achaea
Rivers of Greece
Rivers of Western Greece
Drainage basins of the Ionian Sea
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