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Lake Trichonida
Lake Trichonida ( ''Limni Trichonida''; Ancient Greek: Τριχωνίς ''Trichonis'') is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is situated in the eastern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, southeast of the city of Agrinio and northwest of Nafpaktos. It covers an area of with a maximum length of . Its surface elevation is and its maximum depth is . One million years ago the lake was much larger and covered the central part of Aetolia-Acarnania, a part that is now a plain. The Panaitoliko mountains are situated to the north and northeast of the lake. The municipal units surrounding the lake are (from the east and clockwise) Thermo, Makryneia, Arakynthos, Thestieis, and Paravola. Around the lake, there are beautiful forests with maples, pines, and other trees. The lake and its environs are home to more than 200 bird species. There are also farmland and various villages surrounding the area. The hydrocarbon lake ''Trichonida Lacus'' on the Saturnian moon Titan was named after this la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania (, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Central Greece (geographic region), Central Greece and the administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the historical regions of Aetolia and Acarnania, it is the country's largest regional unit. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest city and economic centre at Agrinio. The area is now connected with the Peloponnese peninsula via the Rio–Antirrio bridge, Rio-Antirio Bridge. The surrounding regional units take in Arta (regional unit), Arta in Epirus (region), Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania to the northeast, and Phocis to the east. Geography Mountains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast, especially the Acarnanian Mountains. The longest and main river is the Achelous River, Acheloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makryneia
Makryneia () is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.687 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Gavalou. The municipal unit is located south and southeast of Lake Trichonida, and northwest of the mountain Arakynthos. There are farmlands near the lake shore, and forests on the mountain slopes. Makryneia is southeast of Agrinio, northeast of Missolonghi and northwest of Naupactus. Subdivisions The municipal unit Makryneia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agios Andreas or Bourlesia (Agios Andreas, Ano Metapa) *Akres or Lithovouni (Akres, Saranti, Varka) *Dafnias (Dafnias, Palaiozefgaro) * Gavalou (Gavalou, Kourtelaiika) *Kato Makrinou Kato Makrinou ( meaning "Lower Makrinou") is a village in the municipal unit of Makryneia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Greece
This is a list of lakes of Greece. Natural lakes of Greece * Central Greece ** Lake Amvrakia ** Lake Dystos, Euboea, presently largely drained ** Lake Lysimachia ** Lake Ozeros ** Lake Saltini ** Lake Voulkaria **Lake Yliki **Lake Trichonida ** Lake Vouliagmeni, Attica * Crete ** Lake Kournas ** Lake Voulismeni * Epirus ** Lake Gistova **Lake Ioannina (Pamvotis) ** Lake Morfi * Macedonia ** Lake Chimaditida ** Lake Doirani, eastern portion ** Lake Kastoria (Orestiada) ** Lake Koronia **Lake Prespa, southeastern portion ** Lake Mikri Prespa **Lake Vegoritida **Lake Volvi ** Lake Zazari * Thrace ** Lake Mitrikou ** Lake Vistonida * Peloponnese ** Lake Kaiafas ** Lake Lamia, Achaia ** Lake Stymfalia **Lake Vouliagmeni, Corinthia **Lake Taka Former natural lakes *Lake Copais, Boeotia * Lake Karla (Voivis), near Volos Artificial lakes * Central Greece **Evinos Lake ** Kastraki Lake ** Kremasta or Acheloos Lake **Marathon Lake **Mornos Lake ** Stratos Lake * Macedonia ** Kerkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lysimachia
Lysimachia () is a lake in Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece. Its area is 13.2 km2, its depth is around 9 m. It is fed by the small river Ermitsa, and by a canal that connects the lake with the larger Lake Trichonida to its east. Its outflow is the river Dimikos, which drains into the river Acheloos. The city of Agrinio lies 6 km to the northeast. References *''The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)'' Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania Lysimachia ''Lysimachia'' ( ) is a genus consisting of 182 accepted species of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. Based on a molecular phylogenetic study it was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae, before this family w ... Agrinio Landforms of Western Greece {{WestGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; , UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation. It was founded on 28 July 1919 in Brussels, Belgium and is based in Paris, France. The IAU is composed of individual members, who include both professional astronomers and junior scientists, and national members, such as professional associations, national societies, or academic institutions. Individual members are organised into divisions, committees, and working groups centered on particular subdisciplines, subjects, or initiatives. the Union had 85 national members and 12,734 individual members, spanning 90 countries and territories. Among the key activities of the IAU is serving as a forum for scientific conferences. It sponsors nine annual symposia and holds a triannual General Assembly that sets policy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titan (moon)
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the List of Solar System objects by size, second-largest in the Solar System. It is the only Natural satellite, moon known to have an atmosphere denser than the Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's and is the only known object in space—other than Earth—on which there is clear evidence that stable bodies of liquid exist. Titan is one of seven List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, gravitationally rounded moons of Saturn and the second-most distant among them. Frequently described as a Planetary-mass moon, planet-like moon, Titan is 50% larger in diameter than Earth's Moon and 80% more Mass, massive. It is the second-largest moon in the Solar System after Jupiter's Ganymede (moon), Ganymede and is larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury; yet Titan is only 40% as massive as Mercury, because Mercury is mainly iron and rock while much of Titan is ice, which is less dense. Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thestieis
Thestieis (Greek: Θεστιείς) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Agrinio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 75.058 km2. The seat of the Thestieis municipal unit is Kainourgio. It is situated at the northwestern shore of Lake Trichonida Lake Trichonida ( ''Limni Trichonida''; Ancient Greek: Τριχωνίς ''Trichonis'') is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is situated in the eastern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, southeast of the city of Agrinio and northwest of Nafpaktos. It .... References External linksMunicipality of Thestieis Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Agrinio {{WGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakynthos
Arakynthos (Greek: Αράκυνθος) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.717 km2. It consists of the villages of Ano Kerasovo, Kato Kerasovo, Zevgaraki, Papadates (seat of the former municipality), Mataranga and Grammatikou. References Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Agrinio {{WGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thermo, Greece
Thermo (, before 1915: Κεφαλόβρυσον ''Kefalovryson'') is a town and a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located in the southeastern part of the regional unit, largely between Lake Trichonida (the largest natural lake in Greece) and the southern border of Evrytania. It has a land area of and a population of 5,712 inhabitants (2021 census). Its municipal seat is the town of Thermo. The village of Megas Dendros (part of the community of Thermo) was the birthplace of Cosmas of Aetolia. Thermo took its name from the ancient city Thermos, that was located near the present town. Subdivisions The municipality Thermo consists of the following communities: *Thermo (Thermo, Koulouria, Mandra, Marathos, Megas Dendros, Taxiarchis) *Avarikos (Avarikos, Pini) *Agia Sofia (Agia Sofia, Mavrovoros, Pournara) *Aetopetra *Amvrakia *Analipsis (Analipsis, Kaimena Ampelia, Koftra, Marathoula, Paliouria) * Argyro Pigadi (Argyro Pigadi, Theotokos) *Diasellaki *Diplatanos *Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paravola
Paravola (Greek: Παραβόλα) is a village and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135.373 km2. Population 3,105 (2021). References External linksMunicipality of Paravola Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Agrinio {{WGreece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panaitoliko (mountain Range)
Panaitoliko () is a mountain range in the northeastern part of Aetolia-Acarnania and southwestern Evrytania, in western Greece. Its highest summit, Katelanos (), is the highest point of Aetolia-Acarnania at 1,924 m. Its length is approximately 25 km long from east to west and its width is approximately 15 km wide. The nearest mountains are Kaliakouda to the northeast, the Nafpaktia Mountains to the southeast and Valtos to the northwest. Lake Trichonida lies to the south. The Panaitoliko extends from the Acheloos valley in the northwest to the Evinos valley in the east. There are forests in the lower areas, and grasslands in the higher elevations. The municipal unit of Panaitoliko took its name from this mountain range. Villages near the Panaitoliko include Prousos Prousos () is a village and a former municipality in Evrytania, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nafpaktos
Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinized as ''Naupactus''), an important Athenian naval station in the Peloponnesian war. As a strategically crucial possession controlling access to the Gulf of Corinth, Naupaktos changed hands many times during the Crusades and the Ottoman–Venetian Wars. It was under Venetian control in the 15th century, and came to be known by the Venetian form of its name, Lepanto. It fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1499 and was used as a naval station by the Ottoman Navy in the 16th century, being the site of the decisive victory by the Holy League in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Except for a brief period of Venetian control in 1687–1699, Lepanto remained under Ottoman control until Greek independence in 1829. The modern municipality was incorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
