Ilisos
Sign in to saveThe Ilisos or Ilisus (, ) is a river in Athens, Greece. Originally a tributary of the Kifisos, it has been rechanneled to the sea. It is now largely channeled underground, though as of June 2019 there were plans to unearth the river. Together with the neighbouring river Kifisos, it drains a catchment area of .
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- Ilisos
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- Ilissos leftovers.JPG
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- The only uncanalised part in central Athens proper of the Ilisos river bed
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- Country
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- Greece
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- Region
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- Attica
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- City
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- Athens
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- Mount Hymettus
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- Phaleron Bay
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The Ilisos or Ilisus (, ) is a river in Athens, Greece. Originally a tributary of the Kifisos, it has been rechanneled to the sea. It is now largely channeled underground, though as of June 2019 there were plans to unearth the river. Together with the neighbouring river Kifisos, it drains a catchment area of .
==Etymology== Its name is in all probability Pre-Greek: it features the ending -sós/-ssós/-ttós, which it shares with many other toponyms in Attica and other rivers in Greece, all of which are considered linguistic substratum survivals.