Kopaida

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Kopaida is the Greek name for Lake Copais, a former large karstic lake in Boeotia, central Greece, that was historically significant for its drainage and agricultural reclamation.

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Kopaida canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former lake
geographical feature
karstic lake
alsoKnownAs Copais Lake
Lake Copais
associatedWithAncientCity Orchomenus
associatedWithMythology Heracles
Minyans
climateZone Mediterranean climate
country Greece
drainageType karstic
hasKarstFeatures ponors (katavothres)
hasNameInGreek Κωπαΐδα
historicalSignificance agricultural reclamation
drainage works
locatedIn Boeotia
Central Greece
linked to: central Greece

Greek mainland
locatedInBasin Copais Basin
linked to: Copais basin
locatedNear Chaeronea
Orchomenus
Thebes
maximumExtent one of the largest lakes in ancient Greece
mentionedBy Pausanias
Strabo
modernUseOfArea farmland
transport infrastructure
nearMountain Mount Akontion
Mount Helicon
Mount Ptoon
partOf Boeotian landscape
primaryInflow Cephissus River
primaryOutflow Cephissus River
regionTypeAfterDrainage agricultural plain
wasDrainedBy artificial canals
pumping stations
tunnels
wasDrainedInCentury 19th century
wasDrainedInPeriod late 19th century
wasImportantIn Classical antiquity
Mycenaean period
wasKnownTo Romans
ancient Greeks
wasSubjectOf hydraulic engineering works
large-scale land reclamation project
wasUsedFor cotton cultivation
grain cultivation
irrigated agriculture
livestock grazing

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Lake Copais alternativeName Kopaida