10 August, 2010

Aliakmon River















Aliakmon River
(Aliakmonas / Haliacmon - Αλιάκμονας / Αλιάκμων)
Kozani, Macedonia – Greece

Aliakmon is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of 322 km (200 miles). The river runs in the prefectures of Kastoria, Grevena, Kozani, Imathia, and Pieria. It rises in the northern Pindus mountains in northern Greece on the border with Albania, before flowing southeast then northeast through the Greek peripheries of West and Central Macedonia. It waters an extensive area, making it of great importance to agriculture in the region.

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