Alfeios
The Alpheios, sometimes spelled Alfeiós, is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Peloponnesus of Greece, and flowing to the northwest to the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Peloponnese, in Greece
- Also known as: “Alfeios Potamos”, “Alfiós Potamós”, “Alpheius”, “Alpheus”, “Rofiás”, and “Roufiás”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Varvasaina and Alfeiousa.
Varvasaina
Village
Varvasaina is a village and a community in the eastern part of the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community consists of the villages Varvasaina and Kato Varvasaina. Varvasaina is situated 8 km northeast of Alfeios.
Alfeiousa
Village
Alfeiousa is a village in Elis, Greece. It belongs to the municipal unit of Volakas, in the Municipality of Pyrgos. The village is approximately 9 km southeast of Pyrgos, 8 km west of Olympia, 4 km northeast of Epitalio and 2 km south of Salmoni, at an altitude of 31 meters. Alfeiousa is situated 8 km east of Alfeios.
Koliri
Village
Photo: Koliri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koliri, is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. It is situated on a hillside, 3 km northeast of Pyrgos town centre and 3 km northwest of Varvasaina. Koliri is situated 8 km north of Alfeios.
Alfeios
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Alfeios” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Alfeios”
- Bulgarian: “Алфей”
- Catalan: “Alfeios”
- Catalan: “Alfeo”
- Catalan: “Riu Alfeu”
- Catalan: “Saránda”
- Cebuano: “Potamós Alfeiós”
- Chinese: “阿尔菲奥斯河”
- Chinese: “阿非歐斯河”
- Chuvash: “Алфей”
- Croatian: “Alfej”
- Czech: “Alfeios”
- Danish: “Alfeios”
- Dutch: “Alfeios”
- Dutch: “Alfeíos”
- Dutch: “Alfios”
- Dutch: “Alpheüs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الفيوس”
- Esperanto: “Alfeo”
- Finnish: “Alfeiós”
- French: “Alphée”
- Georgian: “ალფეოსი”
- German: “Alfios”
- Greek: “Alfeiós Potamós”
- Greek: “Αλφειός Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Αλφειός”
- Greek: “Ρουφιάς”
- Hungarian: “Alpheiosz”
- Ido: “Rivero Alfeyos”
- Irish: “Alfeios”
- Italian: “Alfeiòs”
- Italian: “Alfeo”
- Japanese: “アルフィオス川”
- Japanese: “アルフェイオス川”
- Japanese: “アルペイオス川”
- Latin: “Alpheus”
- Lithuanian: “Alfijas”
- Macedonian: “Алфеј”
- Mingrelian: “ალფეოსი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ალფეოსი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alfeios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alfeios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alfeiós”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alfios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alfiós”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alpheios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alpheus”
- Persian: “رود آلفئوس”
- Polish: “Alfios”
- Portuguese: “Alfeu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Alfeu”
- Romanian: “Alfeios”
- Romanian: “Râul Alfios”
- Russian: “Алфей”
- Russian: “Алфиос”
- Slovak: “Alfeios”
- Spanish: “Alfios”
- Spanish: “Alfiós”
- Spanish: “Rio Alfeo”
- Spanish: “río Alfeo”
- Spanish: “Río Alfeo”
- Swedish: “Alfeios”
- Swedish: “Potamós Alfeiós”
- Ukrainian: “Алфей”
- Venetian: “Fiume Alfeo”
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