The Loudias () or Lydias (Λυδίας), popularly called Mavroneri (Μαυρονέρι, "Blackwater", from its

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish (, ; ) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. ...

name ''Kara Asmak'' قره آصماق) is a river in

Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( ; , ) is one of the thirteen Regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece, consisting the central part of the Geographic regions of Greece, geographical and historical region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. With a ...

that flows through the regional units of

Pella Pella () is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. Currently, it is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella ...

and

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

draining into the Thermaic Gulf through the

Axios Delta National Park The Axios Delta National Park (Greek language, Greek: Εθνικό Πάρκο Δέλτα Αξιού), officially the Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas Delta National Park (Εθνικό Πάρκο Δέλτα Αξιού-Λουδία-Αλιάκμονα), is a n ...

. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

is .

Changes in river flow

In the past water from the

Voras The Voras Mountains (; also Boras), also known as Nidže (, ) are a mountain range situated on the border between Greece and North Macedonia. It separates the Pella (regional unit), Pella regional unit on the Greek side in the south from the Mar ...

, Vermio and Paiko mountains, flowed into

Giannitsa Lake __NOTOC__ Giannitsa Lake (), also known as Loudias Lake () is a former post-glacial lake in Central Macedonia, Greece, south of the town of Giannitsa and north of Gidas (later renamed Alexandreia). It or the surrounding marshland were sometimes c ...

and from there flowed to the

Thermaic Gulf The Thermaic Gulf (, ), also called the Gulf of Thessaloniki and the Macedonian Gulf, is a Gulf (geography), gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pie ...

. The Loudias now collects water that comes mainly from Mount Paiko and the main source is close to

Aravissos Aravissos () is a village in Pella, Greece. The village lies at the foot of Mount Paiko and is 11 km northwest of Giannitsa. History The name of the village, which belonged to the community of Asiar Bey, was originally Ompar. Most of its inh ...

. A section of the river has been converted into an artificial channel (Channel 66-Moglenitsas), thus enabling the draining of Lake Giannitsa and its marshlands. Throughout the length of about 60 km, the region is fertile. At the city of Giannitsa there is a rowing centre. In 1912, during the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Greece and Kingdom of Montenegro, Montenegro) agai ...

, this area became the site of the

Battle of Giannitsa The Battle of Yenidje, also transliterated as Yenice (, Battle of Giannitsa), was a major battle between Kingdom of Greece, Greek forces under Crown Prince Constantine I of Greece, Constantine and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman forces under General Ha ...

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Landforms of Pella (regional unit) Rivers of Greece Landforms of Central Macedonia Landforms of Thessaloniki (regional unit) Drainage basins of the Aegean Sea {{Greece-river-stub