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Gorgopotamos (river)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Gorgopotamos ("the rushing river") is a river in the southern part of Phthiotis, Central Greece, Greece not far from the border with Phocis. The river is host to the Ellinopygosteos fish (Pungitius hellenicus). According to ancient philosopher Herodotos, the river was called Dyras in ancient times.

Flows through: Greece.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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