Tyria River
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The Tyria is a river in the western part of the Ioannina regional unit in west-central Epirus
Epirus (region)
Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay of Vlorë in the north to the Ambracian Gulf in the south...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 not far from the Thesprotia
Thesprotia
Thesprotia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Igoumenitsa. It is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region in antiquity.-History:...

 prefectural boundary. It is a left tributary of the Thyamis.

Geography

The Tyria river begins in two portions with several streams, the west branch begins near Saloniki in the Souli Mountains, the main branch begins in the Tomaros
Tomaros
Tomaros is a mountain in southwestern Ioannina prefecture, rising to the south of the archaeological site of Dodona. The mountain is part of the Pindus mountain range. Its maximum elevation is 1,976 m and is named the Pentalakos...

 mountains, one near Potamia and another near Baoussi.

Places

  • Potamia, east
  • Kato Asprochori, west
  • Kampos, west
  • Tyria, west
  • Anthochori, southwest
  • Koumaria, east
  • Seniko, east
  • Eleftherchori, east
  • Domolessa
    Domolessa
    Domolessa is a settlement in the Ioannina peripheral unit in Greece and the municipal unit of Selles. Its 2001 population was 54. It is built at 340 m above sea level...

    , west
  • Laliza, west
  • Zourgiani, east
  • Chinka
    Chinka
    Chinka is a village in the Ioannina Prefecture in Greece and the municipal unit of Molossoi, it is in the area of Douskara. Its 2001 population was 147 for the village of which only 80 people live there all year long...

    , east
  • Granitsa
    Granitsa, Ioannina
    Granitsa is a village in the Ioannina peripheral unit in Greece and the municipal unit of Molossoi, it is in the area of Douskara. Its 2001 population was 187 for the village of which only 80 people lives all season long...

    , west
  • Agios Christoforos, east
  • Polydoro
    Polydoro
    Polydoro is a village in the municipal unit of Molossoi, Ioannina peripheral unit in Greece. It is in the area of Douskara. Its 2001 population was 147...

    , west
  • Gkriboto or Gribovo, northeast

  • West branch:
    • Lozana, west
    • Petoussi, south
    • Profiti Ilias, southeast
    • Agios Nikolaos, northwest
    • Kerassea, northwest

  • East Branch:
    • Baoussi
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