Gallikos_(river)

Gallikos (river)

Gallikos (river)

River in Greece

For the municipality, see Gallikos.

The Gallikos (Greek: Γαλλικός) is a river in Central Macedonia, Greece. It was known as the Echedoros (Εχέδωρος) in antiquity and Gomaropnichtis (Γομαροπνίχτης) in Middle Ages. The current name probably comes from the ancient Roman colony Callicum (modern Kilkis) near the river.

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It rises in the Krousia Mountain and flows into the Aegean Sea in the Thermaic Gulf, near Sindos. It is 70 km (43 mi) long.[1] Its drainage basin is 1,055 km2 (407 sq mi).[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Greece in Figures January - March 2018, p. 12
  2. [2]
    "Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment" (in Greek). Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. p. 80. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.

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