List of rivers of Greece
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This is a list of river
s that are at least partially in Greece
. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The confluence is given in parentheses.
An alphabetical overview of rivers of Greece is given below this list.
Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Rivers in this section are sorted north (Albanian border) to south (Cape Malea).
Aegean Sea
Rivers in this section are sorted south (Cape Malea) to northeast (Turkish border).
, Alfeios, Aoos/Vjosë
, Arachthos, Ardas, Aroanios
, Axios/Vardar
, Cephissus (Athenian plain)
, Cephissus (Boeotia)
, Charadros
, Despatis, Drino
, Elissos
, Elpeus
, Enipefs
, Eridanos
, Erymanthos, Erythropotamos
, Eurotas, Evinos, Evros/Maritsa
, Gallikos, Glafkos, Gorgopotamos, Granitsiotis, Haliacmon
, Ilissos
, Inachos, Kladeos
, Krathi
, Krausidonas
, Krios
, Ladon, Larissos, Lousios
, Megdova
, Meilichos
, Mornos
, Neda, Nestos/Mesta
, Oenus
, Pamisos, Peiros
, Pindus, Pineios (Peloponnese), Pineios (Thessaly), Plataneiko
, Sarantaporos
, Selemnos, Spercheios, Strymonas/Struma, Tara, Thyamis, Titarisios, Tragus, Tyria, Tytheus
, Volinaios
, Zacholitikos
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s that are at least partially in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The confluence is given in parentheses.
An alphabetical overview of rivers of Greece is given below this list.
Adriatic SeaAdriatic SeaThe Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
- Aoos/VjosëVjosëVjosë or Aoös is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.Its total length is about , of which the first are in Greece, and the remaining are in Albania. Vjosë is fed by two secondary branches, both in Albania, the Drino river and the Shushicë.Its source is in Greece, specifically...
(near NovoselëNovoselëNovoselë is a municipality in the Vlorë District, Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.-Villages:The municipality consists of the villages Novoselë, Aliban, Bishan, Mifol, Poro, Dëllënjë, Delisuf, Trevllazër, Cerkovinë, Skrofotinë, Fitore and Akërni....
, Albania)- DrinoDrinoThe Drin or Drinos is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina Prefecture, near the village Delvinaki. It flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near Ktismata. It continues...
(in Tepelenë, Albania)
- Drino
Ionian SeaIonian SeaThe Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and...
Rivers in this section are sorted north (Albanian border) to south (Cape Malea).- Thyamis (near IgoumenitsaIgoumenitsaIgoumenitsa , is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit Thesprotia. Its original ancient name used to be Titani....
) - AcheronAcheronThe Acheron is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It flows into the Ionian Sea in Ammoudia, near Parga.-In mythology:...
(near PargaPargaParga, , is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the regional unit of Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on the Ionian coast between the cities of Preveza and Igoumenitsa...
) - Arachthos (in KommenoKommenoKommeno is a village and a former community in the Arta peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 835 . During the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II, the village was...
) - Acheloos (near AstakosAstakosAstakos is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea but small hills to the west of the town block...
)- Megdovas (near FragkistaFragkistaFragkista is a former municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrafa, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,533 ....
) - AgrafiotisAgrafiotisThe Agrafiotis River is a river/stream that flows entirely in the Evrytania prefecture in Greece. The river owes its name to Agrafa, the mountainous region where it flows. The river begins in the North of the prefecture and passes into a valley filled with only traces of farmlands, beautiful pine...
(near Fragkista) - Granitsiotis (near Granitsa)
- Megdovas (near Fragkista
- Evinos (near Missolonghi)
- MornosMornosThe Mornos is a river that flows in the Fokida and Aitoloakarnania prefectures in Greece. Its source is in the Oiti mountains-Geography:The river begins in the Oiti mountains near the Fthiotida prefecture to the north, it flows through the village of Marmarolithi and into several villages in a...
(near Nafpaktos) - CharadrosCharadrosThe Charadros is a river in the northwest central part of the Achaea prefecture.-Geography:The Charadros river begins in the Panachaiko mountains, it passes through the municipalities of Rio and Patras. The river flows in a rocky setting, through a valley with mountains and a forest...
(in PatrasPatrasPatras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
) - Glafkos (in Patras)
- PeirosPeirosThe Peiros is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of the Achaea prefecture. The river can also be known locally with numerous names including Kamenitsa , Mellas or Melas , Pieros , Nezeritiko , Prevedos and Acheloos .-Places within the...
(in DymiDymi, AchaeaDymi is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat of administration was the town of Kato Achaia...
) - Pineios (near GastouniGastouniGastouni is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Distance is south of Lechaina, from Kyllini Baths, from Pyrgos, NW of Amaliada and SW of...
) - Alfeios (near Pyr
- Erymanthos (near KallitheaAlifeiraAlifeira is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kallithea. It is north of the...
) - Ladon (near Kallithea)
- AroaniosAroaniosThe Aroanios is a river in the western part of the Achaia prefecture. It empties into the river Ladon.-Geography:The river begins from Aroania and after 10 kilometres empties into the river Ladon. In the river features the streams named Lagkada and Chaliki . The springs of Aroanios near...
(near FiliaFilia, AchaeaFilia is a Greek village in southern Achaea. Filia is located southeast of Patras, south-southwest of Kalavryta and northwest of Tripoli. The GR-33 is to the south...
)
- Aroanios
- Lousios (near GortynaGortyna, ArcadiaGortyna , is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat was in the village Karytaina...
)
- Erymanthos (near Kallithea
- Neda (near KyparissiaKyparissiaKyparissia is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The town proper has around 5,708 inhabitants. The town is located on Greek National Road 9,...
) - Pamisos (near MesseneMesseneMessene , officially Ancient Messene, is a Local Community of the Municipal Unit , Ithomi, of the municipality of Messini within the Regional Unit of Messenia in the Region of Peloponnēsos, one of 7 Regions into which the Hellenic Republic has been divided by the Kallikratis...
) - Eurotas (in ElosElosElos is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Evrotas, of which it is a municipal unit. It was called Durali until 1912. The population of the village is 920 people . The municipal unit has 6,452...
)
Aegean SeaAegean SeaThe Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
Rivers in this section are sorted south (Cape Malea) to northeast (Turkish border).- Inachos (in Nea KiosNea KiosNea Kios , is a village and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It was founded by refugees from Cius in Bithynia after the expulsion of the Greeks from Asia...
) - Spercheios (near LamiaLamia (city)Lamia is a city in central Greece. The city has a continuous history since antiquity, and is today the capital of the regional unit of Phthiotis and of the Central Greece region .-Name:...
)- Gorgopotamos (near Lamia)
- Pineios (in StomioStomio, LarissaStomio is a coastal town in Thessaly, central Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Evrymenes in the Larissa Prefecture...
)- Titarisios (in AmpelonasAmpelonasAmpelonas is a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tyrnavos, of which it is a municipal unit...
) - EnipefsEnipefsThe Enipeas is a river in central Greece, tributary of the Pineios. Its source is in the northern part of the Phthiotis prefecture, north of Lamia. It flows generally northwest, through Thessaly. It flows through Farsala and Fyllo, and flows into the Pineios near Farkadona....
(in FarkadonaFarkadonaFarkadona is a municipality in the southeastern Trikala peripheral unit, part of Thessaly in Greece. Its 2001 population was 2,387 for the town and 15,881 for the municipality. The Larissa peripheral unit is to the east and the Karditsa peripheral unit to the south...
)
- Titarisios (in Ampelonas
- HaliacmonHaliacmonThe Haliacmon is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of . Haliacmon is the traditional English name for the river, but many sources cite the formerly official Katharevousa version of the name, Aliákmon...
(in MethoniMethoni, PieriaMethoni is a village and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pydna-Kolindros, of which it is a municipal unit...
) - Axios/VardarVardarThe Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
(near ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
) - Gallikos (near Thessaloniki)
- Strymonas/Struma (in AmphipolisAmphipolisAmphipolis was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day region of Central Macedonia. It was built on a raised plateau overlooking the east bank of the river Strymon where it emerged from Lake Cercinitis, about 3 m. from the Aegean Sea. Founded in...
) - Nestos/MestaMesta RiverThe Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations...
(near KeramotiKeramotiKeramoti is a town and a former municipality in the Kavala peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nestos, of which it is a municipal unit. As of the 2001 census, the municipal unit had a population of 6,039, and the...
)- Despatis/Dospat (near SidironeroSidironeroSidironero is a village and a former community in northern Drama peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Drama, of which it is a municipal unit...
)
- Despatis/Dospat (near Sidironero
- Evros/MaritsaMaritsaThe Maritsa or Evros , ) is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey...
(near AlexandroupoliAlexandroupoliAlexandroupoli , is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros peripheral unit in Thrace. Named after King Alexander, it is an important port and commercial center of northeastern Greece.-Name:...
)- Erythropotamos/Luda rekaErythropotamosThe Erythropotamos , Luda reka in Bulgaria is a river that flows from south of Mega Dereio next to the Ivaylovgrad municipality in southern Bulgaria and northern Greek Thrace entirely in the Evros Prefecture. Its Turkish name was Küzüldeli Su...
(near DidymoteichoDidymoteichoDidymóteicho is a town located in the eastern part of the Evros peripheral unit of Thrace, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, about 20 km north...
) - Ardas/Arda (near EdirneEdirneEdirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...
, Turkey)
- Erythropotamos/Luda reka
Ancient rivers and streams
- Ammites (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
- BisaltesBisaltesIn Greek mythology, Bisaltes , son of Helios and Gaia, was the eponymous hero of the Bisaltae and Bisaltia in Thracian Macedonia. Theophane was the daughter of Bisaltes....
(raicus]] - ElpeusElpeusThe Elpeus is a river that stems from a ravine on the lower banks of Mount Olympus in Greece, located approximately five miles from the city of Dion....
- Erasinos (emptied into the modern Petalies GulfPetalies GulfThe Petalies Gulf is a gulf that connects with the South Euboean Gulf near Agia Marina and to the north. The total length is approximately 50 to 60 km long from north to south and is approximately from 6 to 8 km wide in the north to about 40 to 50 km in the south from east to west...
) - Erechios (stream; emptied into the Strymonic GulfStrymonian GulfThe Strymonian or Strymonic Gulf in [Greece]] is a branch of the Thracian Sea—itself part of the Aegean Sea—lying east of the Chalcidice peninsula and south of Serres...
) - Olynthiakos (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
- Rhoedias (emptied into the Thermaic Gulf)
Alphabetical List
Acheloos, AgrafiotisAgrafiotis
The Agrafiotis River is a river/stream that flows entirely in the Evrytania prefecture in Greece. The river owes its name to Agrafa, the mountainous region where it flows. The river begins in the North of the prefecture and passes into a valley filled with only traces of farmlands, beautiful pine...
, Alfeios, Aoos/Vjosë
Vjosë
Vjosë or Aoös is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.Its total length is about , of which the first are in Greece, and the remaining are in Albania. Vjosë is fed by two secondary branches, both in Albania, the Drino river and the Shushicë.Its source is in Greece, specifically...
, Arachthos, Ardas, Aroanios
Aroanios
The Aroanios is a river in the western part of the Achaia prefecture. It empties into the river Ladon.-Geography:The river begins from Aroania and after 10 kilometres empties into the river Ladon. In the river features the streams named Lagkada and Chaliki . The springs of Aroanios near...
, Axios/Vardar
Vardar
The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
, Cephissus (Athenian plain)
Cephissus (Athenian plain)
Cephissus , Kifissós) or Cephisus Kifisos), a river flowing through the Athenian plain.In his summary of Greek mythology Apollodorus declares that Erechtheus' wife Praxithea was daughter of Phrasimus by Diogenia daughter of Cephissus.This river is found in the western part of the...
, Cephissus (Boeotia)
Cephissus (Boeotia)
The northern Cephissus river or Cephisus rises at Lilaea in Phocis and flows by Delphi through Boeotia and eventually issues into Lake Copais which is therefore also called the Cephisian Lake...
, Charadros
Charadros
The Charadros is a river in the northwest central part of the Achaea prefecture.-Geography:The Charadros river begins in the Panachaiko mountains, it passes through the municipalities of Rio and Patras. The river flows in a rocky setting, through a valley with mountains and a forest...
, Despatis, Drino
Drino
The Drin or Drinos is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina Prefecture, near the village Delvinaki. It flows initially southwest, then northwest and crosses the Albanian border near Ktismata. It continues...
, Elissos
Elissos
The Elisos is a river that flows entirely in Corinthia in the northeastern Peloponnese in Greece.-Geography:The river begins in the mountains of Nemea to the south and are filled with rocks and grasslands with traces of trees, it enters the valley with Nemea and into the mountains of mixed...
, Elpeus
Elpeus
The Elpeus is a river that stems from a ravine on the lower banks of Mount Olympus in Greece, located approximately five miles from the city of Dion....
, Enipefs
Enipefs
The Enipeas is a river in central Greece, tributary of the Pineios. Its source is in the northern part of the Phthiotis prefecture, north of Lamia. It flows generally northwest, through Thessaly. It flows through Farsala and Fyllo, and flows into the Pineios near Farkadona....
, Eridanos
Eridanos (Athens)
Eridanos was the small stream that flowed from a source in the foothills of the Lykabettos, through the Agora of ancient Athens in Greece to the archaeological site of the Kerameikos, where its bed is still visible...
, Erymanthos, Erythropotamos
Erythropotamos
The Erythropotamos , Luda reka in Bulgaria is a river that flows from south of Mega Dereio next to the Ivaylovgrad municipality in southern Bulgaria and northern Greek Thrace entirely in the Evros Prefecture. Its Turkish name was Küzüldeli Su...
, Eurotas, Evinos, Evros/Maritsa
Maritsa
The Maritsa or Evros , ) is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey...
, Gallikos, Glafkos, Gorgopotamos, Granitsiotis, Haliacmon
Haliacmon
The Haliacmon is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of . Haliacmon is the traditional English name for the river, but many sources cite the formerly official Katharevousa version of the name, Aliákmon...
, Ilissos
Ilissos
The Ilissos or Ilissus is a river in Athens, Greece. Originally a tributary of the Kifissos River, it is now largely channeled underground.-Ancient Athens:...
, Inachos, Kladeos
Kladeos
Kladeos or Latin: Cladeus was a river god in Greek mythology, one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys.The River Kladeos flows from the north, through Olympia and empties into the Alfeios River. The river in the winter is protected from the flooding of Ancient Olympia. In the Mycenaean period, the...
, Krathi
Krathi
Krathis is a river in the eastern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows in the municipalities of Akrata and Diakopto.-Geography:...
, Krausidonas
Krausidonas
The Krausidon, Greek: Κραυσίδων, with a length of 12 km, the longest torrent that runs solely in the interior of the Volos. It has its origin in the Pelion Mountains in central Pelion, flowing southwest to Pagasetic Gulf, Greece. ....
, Krios
Krios (stream)
Krios is a stream in the Achaia prefecture and in the municipality of Aigeira, it starts at mount Chelmos near Perithori. In its route, it passes near the ancient city of Felloi and the villages Sinevro, Oasi, Kasaneva and the Mycenaean acropolis of ancient Aigeira...
, Ladon, Larissos, Lousios
Loussios
The Lousios is a river and a gorge in western Arcadia that stretches from Karytaina north to Dimitsana in Greece. The river begins near Lykochori and flows into the Lousios Gorge. The river is treacherous and flows rapidly. It empties into the Alfeios 2.5 km northwest of Karytaina and south of...
, Megdova
Megdova
The Megdovas also known as Tavropos , is a river that flows through the Karditsa and Evrytania prefectures, Greece.-Geography:The river begins in the mountains of the western part of Karditsa Prefecture and passes since the late-1950s into Lake Plastiras, a reservoir that supplies electricity and...
, Meilichos
Meilichos
Meilichos, also Meilihos, Milichos and Milihos , is a river in the northwestern part of the Achaia prefecture. The river flows in the entirety of the municipalities of Rio and then Patras and empties into the Gulf of Patras.-Geography:...
, Mornos
Mornos
The Mornos is a river that flows in the Fokida and Aitoloakarnania prefectures in Greece. Its source is in the Oiti mountains-Geography:The river begins in the Oiti mountains near the Fthiotida prefecture to the north, it flows through the village of Marmarolithi and into several villages in a...
, Neda, Nestos/Mesta
Mesta River
The Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations...
, Oenus
Oenus (river)
Oenus , also called Kelefína, the modern Oinoús, rises in the watershed of Mt. Parnon, and, after flowing in a general southwesterly direction, falls into the Eurotas, at the distance of little more than a mile from Sparta. The principal tributary of the Oenus was the Gorgylus Oenus (Greek: ),...
, Pamisos, Peiros
Peiros
The Peiros is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of the Achaea prefecture. The river can also be known locally with numerous names including Kamenitsa , Mellas or Melas , Pieros , Nezeritiko , Prevedos and Acheloos .-Places within the...
, Pindus, Pineios (Peloponnese), Pineios (Thessaly), Plataneiko
Plataneiko
Plataneiko is a river in the northern part of the Achaia prefecture. The river flows entirely in municipalities of Rio and empties into the Gulf of Patras.-Geography:...
, Sarantaporos
Sarantaporos River (Larissa)
Sarantaporos is a river in the northern part of the Larissa Prefecture in northern Thessaly, Greece, not far from the Kozani prefectural boundary.-Geography:...
, Selemnos, Spercheios, Strymonas/Struma, Tara, Thyamis, Titarisios, Tragus, Tyria, Tytheus
Tytheus
Tytheus or Tithefs is a river in the northwestcentral parts of the Achaea prefecture. The river can also be known as Parapeiros , and was known as Toskesi .-Geography:...
, Volinaios
Volinaios
Volinaios or Volineos , also Drepaneiko is a river in the western part of the Achaia prefecture. It empties into the Gulf of Corinth...
, Zacholitikos
Zacholitikos
Zacholitikos is a stream in the western part of the Korinthia prefecture. The river begins near the area of Sarantapicho and it empties into the Gulf of Corinth east of Derveni. Zacholitikos is also known as Dervenios ....