Aspropotamos

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Aspropotamos is the Greek name for the Acheloos River, one of the longest and most historically significant rivers in western Greece.

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Aspropotamos canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
alsoKnownAs Acheloos River
Achelous River
linked to: Acheloos River
associatedWith Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit
linked to: Aetolia-Acarnania

Karditsa regional unit
Trikala regional unit
basinCountry Greece
continent Europe
country Greece
flowsInto Ionian Sea
flowsThrough Aetolia-Acarnania
Epirus
Thessaly
formsBorderBetween Acarnania
linked to: Aetolia

Aetolia
hasDam Kastraki Dam
Kremasta Dam
Stratos Dam
hasDelta Acheloos River delta
hasEconomicImportance agriculture in western Greece
hasEnvironmentalImportance wetlands of the Acheloos delta
hasEtymology Greek for "white river"
hasMythologicalAssociation Achelous (Greek river deity)
linked to: river god Achelous
hasNameInGreek Ασπροπόταμος
hasRecreation fishing
kayaking
rafting
hasTributary Agrafiotis
Inachos (tributary of Acheloos)
Megdovas
historicalSignificance important in ancient Greek mythology
isOneOf longest rivers in Greece
lengthApproxKm 220
locatedIn western Greece
linked to: Western Greece
mentionedIn ancient Greek sources
mouthLocatedIn Ionian Sea
namedAfter Achelous (river god)
linked to: river god Achelous
near Acheloos River delta
partOf Acheloos drainage basin
region Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans
sourceLocatedIn Epirus
Pindus Mountains
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
water supply

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Acheloos River alsoKnownAs Aspropotamos