Vouraikos
The Vouraikos is a river in Achaea, Greece. In ancient times it was called Erasinos. Its source is in the Aroania mountains, near the village of Priolithos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Vouraïka Potamós”, “Vouraikos Potamos”, and “Vouraikos River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Diakopto.
Diakopto
Railway station
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Diakopto railway station is located just north of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Originally opened on 10 March 1896, it was reopened on 22 June 2020 as part of the Hellenic Railways Organisation's €848-million project extension of the Athens Airport–Patras railway to Aigio, co-financed by the European Union's Cohesion Fund 2000–2006.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diakopto and Elaionas.
Diakopto
Village
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diakopto is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality.
Elaionas
Village
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Elaeonas or Elaionas is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. It is on the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km west of Diakopto and 9 km southeast of Aigio.
Zachloritika
Village
Zachloritika is a village and community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located on the left bank of the river Vouraikos, 1 km west of Diakopto. The Greek National Road 8A passes south of the village.
Vouraikos
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Vouraikos” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Vouraikos”
- Cebuano: “Vouraïkós Potamós”
- Chinese: “武拉伊科斯河”
- Dutch: “Vouraïkos”
- Finnish: “Vouraïkós”
- Greek: “Βουραϊκός ποταμός”
- Greek: “Βουραϊκός Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Βουραϊκός”
- Irish: “Vouraikos”
- Japanese: “ヴライコス川”
- Russian: “Вурайкос”
- Spanish: “Vouraikos”
- Swedish: “Vouraïkós Potamós”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vouraikos”. Photo: Kakolyri Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0.