Spercheios
The Spercheios, also known as the Spercheus from its Latin name, is a river in Phthiotis in central Greece. It is 80 km long, and its drainage area is 1,830 km2.Photo: Ronnlund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Greece
- Also known as: “Alamana”, “Alamána”, “Alamánas”, “Hellada”, “Spercheiós”, “Spercheios Potamos”, “Spercheios River”, and “Sperkhiós Potamós”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Marina and Avlaki.
Agia Marina
Village
Photo: NIKOLAOS AXELIS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agia Marina is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Spercheios.
Avlaki
Village
Avlaki is a village in the regional unit of Phthiotis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipality of Stylida. Avlaki is situated 5 km north of Spercheios.
Stilís
Town
Stylida is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The population of the municipality was 11,389. In ancient times the town was named Phalara. Stilís is situated 6 km northeast of Spercheios.
Spercheios
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Spercheios” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σπερχειός”
- Asturian: “Ríu Spercheios”
- Bulgarian: “Сперхей”
- Catalan: “Esperqueu”
- Catalan: “Riu Esperqueu”
- Cebuano: “Spercheiós Potamós”
- Chinese: “斯佩耳刻俄斯河”
- Czech: “Sperchios”
- Danish: “Spercheios”
- Dutch: “Spercheios”
- Dutch: “Sperchios”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سپيرتشيوس”
- Finnish: “Spercheiós”
- French: “Sperchiós”
- Georgian: “სპერქეოსი”
- German: “Sperchios”
- Greek: “Αλαμάνα”
- Greek: “Σπερχειός”
- Hebrew: “נהר הספרצ’יוס”
- Hebrew: “ספרכיוס”
- Irish: “Spercheios”
- Italian: “Spercheo”
- Japanese: “スペルヒオス川”
- Latin: “Spercheius”
- Latin: “Sperchius”
- Mingrelian: “სპერქეოსი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sperkheios”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sperkhiós”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sperkhiós”
- Norwegian: “Sperkhiós”
- Russian: “Сперхей, Аламана”
- Russian: “Сперхиос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sperhios”
- Spanish: “Esperqueo”
- Swedish: “Spercheiós Potamós”
- Ukrainian: “Сперхіос”
- Venetian: “Fiume Esperqueo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vasiliki and Beotie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Órmos Spilídi and Órmos Kakoláspi.
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