Cephissus
The Cephissus, called the Boeotian Cephissus to distinguish it from other rivers of the same name, or Kifisos is a river in central Greece. Its drainage basin is 1,958 km2.
Photo: Edward Dodwell, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Greece
- Also known as: “Kefissos i Boiotia”, “Kifiassós Potamós”, “Kifisos of Boeotia”, “Kifisos Potamos”, “Kifissós Voiotikós”, “Mavroneri”, “Rio Cefiso”, “Βοιωτικός Κηφισός”, “Μαυρονέρι”, “Кефис”, “Кіфісос (Беотія)”, and “キフィッソス川”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akraifnio.
Akraifnio
Village
Akraifnio, before 1933 known as Karditsa, is a village in Boeotia, Greece. Akraifnio is situated 5 km northwest of Cephissus.
Cephissus
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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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
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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: “Κηφισός Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Κηφισός”
- Irish: “Cephissus”
- Italian: “Cefiso”
- Japanese: “キフィソス川”
- Latin: “Cephissus”
- Latin: “Cephisus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kifisós i Viotía”
- Portuguese: “Cefiso”
- Russian: “Кифисос”
- Scots: “Cephissus”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kefis”
- Spanish: “Río Cefiso”
- Swedish: “Kifisós Potamós”
- Ukrainian: “Кіфісос”
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Places to explore: Iliki and Moni Pelayias.
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