Spercheios valley

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The Spercheios valley is a fertile river valley in central Greece, historically significant as a strategic corridor and agricultural region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
administrativeRegion Region of Central Greece
boundedBy Oeta Mountains
Othrys Mountains
Timfristos Mountains
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Greece
crossesRegion Phthiotis
linked to: Fthiotis
drainageBasinOf Spercheios River
emptiesInto Maliac Gulf via Spercheios River
flowsDirectionOfMainRiver west-to-east
hasCharacteristic agricultural region
fertile
hasEconomicActivity agricultural production
irrigated farming
hasEnvironmentalIssue flood risk
riverine habitat alteration
hasLandUse crop cultivation
livestock grazing
hasRiver Spercheios River
hasSettlement Lamia
linked to: Lamía

Makrakomi
Stylida
hasSoilType alluvial soils
hasStrategicRole strategic corridor
hasTopography lowland plain
hasTransportRole regional transport corridor
hasUse agriculture
historicalSignificance communication route between inland Greece and the coast
military movements corridor
language Greek
locatedIn Central Greece
linked to: central Greece

Phthiotis regional unit
locatedNear Maliac Gulf
Thermopylae
namedAfter Spercheios River
nativeNameLanguage el
opensTo Maliac Gulf
partOf Spercheios River basin
linked to: Spercheios River
regionType floodplain
usedSince antiquity

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Mount Oeta overlooks Spercheios valley
Spercheios River flowsThrough Spercheios valley
Fthiotida regional unit containsValley Spercheios valley
Ypati locatedInValleyRegion Spercheios valley area
linked to: Spercheios valley
Lamía locatedNear Spercheios River valley
linked to: Spercheios valley