Achelous River
The Achelous, also Acheloos, is a river in Epirus, western Greece. It is 220 km long. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Greece
- Also known as: “Acheloos”, “Acheloos Potamos”, “Acheloos River”, “Acheloüs”, “Akhelóös Potamós”, “Akheloss”, “Aspropotamos”, “Aspropótamos”, and “Potamós Achelóös”
Achelous River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Achelous River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀχελῷος”
- Arabic: “نهر أخيلوس”
- Armenian: “Ախելոս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Achelous”
- Basque: “Akeloo ibaia”
- Bulgarian: “Ахелой”
- Catalan: “Aqueloos”
- Catalan: “Aquelou”
- Catalan: “Aspropòtam”
- Catalan: “Aspropòtamos”
- Catalan: “Riu Aqueloos”
- Cebuano: “Achelóos Potamós”
- Chinese: “阿克洛奥斯河”
- Chuvash: “Ахелоос”
- Croatian: “Ahelos”
- Czech: “Achelóos”
- Danish: “Achelous”
- Dutch: “Acheloos”
- Dutch: “Acheloös”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اخيلوس”
- Finnish: “Achelóos”
- French: “Achéloos”
- Georgian: “აქელოოსი”
- German: “Acheloos”
- Greek: “Achelóos Potamós”
- Greek: “Ασπροπόταμος”
- Greek: “Αχελώος Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Αχελώος”
- Hebrew: “אכלואוס”
- Ido: “Rivero Aheloos”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Akheloios”
- Irish: “Abhainn Achelous”
- Italian: “Acheloo”
- Italian: “Aspropotamo”
- Japanese: “アヘロオス川”
- Latin: “Achelous”
- Latvian: “Ahelosa”
- Lithuanian: “Achelojas”
- Macedonian: “Ахелој”
- Mingrelian: “აქელოოსი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akheloos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akhelóos”
- Norwegian: “Akheloos”
- Persian: “رود ایچلس”
- Polish: “Acheloos”
- Polish: “Aspropotamos”
- Portuguese: “Rio Aqueloo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Aspropotamos”
- Romanian: “Râul Aheloos”
- Russian: “Ахелоос”
- Serbian: “Ахелој”
- Serbian: “Река Ахелој”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ahelos”
- Slovak: “Achelóos (rieka)”
- Slovak: “Achelóos”
- Spanish: “Rio Aspropotamos”
- Spanish: “río Aspropótamos”
- Spanish: “Río Aspropótamos”
- Swedish: “Acheloos”
- Turkish: “Acheloos”
- Turkish: “Acheloüs”
- Turkish: “Ahelous Nehri”
- Turkish: “Akheloos Nehri”
- Turkish: “Aspropotamos”
- Ukrainian: “Ахелоос”
- Venetian: “Fiume Aspropótamos”
- Welsh: “Afon Achelous”
- Western Armenian: “Ախելո՛ոս”
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