The Evinos River is a river that flows entirely in the Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece; the regional unit is a combination of the geographic regions Aetolia and Acarnania. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest...

 prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of Aetolia-Acarnania, Evrytania

Evrytania

Evrytania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi .-Geography:...

, Phthiotis

Phthiotis

Phthiotis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west,...

 and Phocis

Phocis

Phocis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...

, near the village Artotina

Artotina

Artotina is a Greek village in the municipal unit of Vardousia since 1998. It is in the northwestern part of Phocis. Artotina is located west of Amfissa.-Population:-Geography:...

, in the Vardousia

Vardousia

Vardousia is a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,216 . The seat of the municipality was in Krokyleio...

 mountains. Its length is 92 km. The river was first mentioned in Homer

Homer

In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...

ic times and was known in the ancient times. It now empties into the reservoir of Lake Evinos, that is about 10 km² and eliminated a village. The river flows into the forested valley and into the populated areas, it empties into the Gulf of Patras

Gulf of Patras

The Gulf of Patras is a branch of the Ionian Sea. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio, Greece and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirio bridge. On the west, it is bounded by a line from Oxeia island to Cape Araxos...

 east of Messolonghi

Messolonghi

Missolonghi is a town of 12,225 people in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania and is also its third largest town. It is the seat of the municipality of Iera Poli Mesolongiou . Missolonghi is linked to, although bypassed since the 1960s by, GR-5/E55...

 near a tall mountain. Evinochori

Evinochori

Evinochori is a Greek town located east of Messolongi in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania. Evinochori is in the municipality of Messolongi. Evinochori had a 2001 population of 1,683 for the village and 1,706 for the municipal district...

 owes its name to its nearby river. The GR-5

Greek National Road 5

Greek National Road 5 is a highway in Western Greece. It runs from 2 km south of Rio at GR-8/GR-9 , or at the beginning of the Patras By-Pass in the south up to the city centre of Ioannina. It is now connected with a new bridge, the Rio-Antirio bridge and for 5 km is a joint with GR-48...

/E55

European route E55

European route E 55 is a E-route. It passes through the following cities:Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Mestre...

 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Ioannina) runs over the river.

Places near the river

• Platanos
  Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania
  Platanos is a village and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 1,775 . The village population was 324 in 2001 and the municipal district was 404...
  
  
• Analypsi
• Evinochori
  Evinochori
  Evinochori is a Greek town located east of Messolongi in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania. Evinochori is in the municipality of Messolongi. Evinochori had a 2001 population of 1,683 for the village and 1,706 for the municipal district...
  
  
• Galatas

History

Due to the flooding of the area, a new dam was ordered by the Aitoloakarnanian government to construct a dam near the four-boundaries region of northern Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia is a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit, West Greece Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Naupactus.-Municipality:...

. It took nearly one year and was completed in 2003. Its area is about 5 to 10 km², the height and the depth is approximately 50 m. It was visited and recorded on the Greek travelling programme Exodus in 2006 even though, it was recorded in 2003. It rarely supplies water to the area, but it is the westernmost and newest expansion of the water supply line Evinos-Mornos-Yliki-Marathon which covers the needs of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. It is connected to the existing Mornos expansion via an underground pipeline 30km long and further to Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

.

External links

• Evinos River on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)