Cephissus

The Cephissus, called the Boeotian Cephissus to distinguish it from other rivers of the same name, or Kifisos is a river in . Its drainage basin is 1,958 km2.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in central Greece
  • Also known as: Kifiassós Potamós”, “Kifisos of Boeotia”, “Kifisos Potamos”, “Kifissós Voiotikós”, and “Mavroneri

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akraifnio.

Village
, before 1933 known as Karditsa, is a village in , . It was the seat of the former municipality , which is a municipal unit of the municipality Orchomenos since the 2011 local government reform. is situated 5 km northwest of Cephissus.

Cephissus

Latitude
38.41817° or 38° 25′ 5″ north
Longitude
23.2546° or 23° 15′ 17″ east
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8GC5C793+7R
Geo­Names ID
259822
Wiki­data ID
Q1235405
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Cephissus” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Cephissus
  • Bulgarian: Кефисос
  • Catalan: Cefís de Beòcia
  • Catalan: Cefís
  • Cebuano: Kifisós Potamós
  • Danish: Kifisos
  • Dutch: Boeotische Cephisus
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر سيفيسوس
  • Finnish: Kifisós
  • French: Céphise
  • German: Kifisos
  • Greek: Βοιωτικός Κηφισός
  • Greek: Κηφισός Ποταμός
  • Greek: Κηφισός
  • Greek: Μαυρονέρι
  • Irish: Cephissus
  • Italian: Cefiso
  • Japanese: キフィソス川
  • Japanese: キフィッソス川
  • Latin: Cephissus
  • Latin: Cephisus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kefissos i Boiotia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kifisós i Viotía
  • Portuguese: Cefiso
  • Russian: Кефис
  • Russian: Кифисос
  • Scots: Cephissus
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kefis
  • Spanish: Cefiso
  • Spanish: Rio Cefiso
  • Spanish: Río Cefiso
  • Swedish: Kifisós Potamós
  • Ukrainian: Кіфісос (Беотія)
  • Ukrainian: Кіфісос

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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 “Cephissus”. Photo: Edward Dodwell, Public domain.