The Louros () is a river in the
Epirus region, in northwestern
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It is long, and its drainage area is .
It emerges from the ground in a large spring located immediately north of the village of
Vouliasta, in
the Ioannina regional unit. It flows south through a canyon, and then a dam followed by a hydroelectric power station. The Louros flows past the town of
Filippiada, forming the boundary between
Arta regional unit and
the Preveza regional unit. The river then veers east into the Preveza regional unit, flowing through the municipality of
Louros, named after the river. The Louros then empties into the marshes at the northern end of the
Ambracian Gulf.
With
Strymon River, Louros is one of only two rivers in the world where the critically endangered
Greek lamprey (''Caspiomyzon hellenicus'') has been found.
References
Epirus
Rivers of Greece
Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit)
Rivers of Epirus (region)
Landforms of Arta (regional unit)
Landforms of Preveza (regional unit)
Drainage basins of the Ionian Sea
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