Thyamis
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The Thyamis (), also known as Glykys (Γλυκύς) or Kalamas (Καλαμάς), is a river in the Epirus region of Greece. The long, river flows into the Ionian Sea while on its course it drains an area of about , over 99% of which on Greek territory. Thyamis in ancient Greece was mentioned by Pausanias as forming the boundary between Thesprotis and Kestrine. In addition, Suda and Ptolemaeus mentioned it.
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- River.name
- Thyamis
- River.image
- Kalamas.jpg
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Greece
- River.length_km
- 115
- River.mouth_location
- Ionian Sea
- River.basin_size
- about
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Ionian Sea
- located in/on physical feature
- Epirus
- Commons category
- Thyamis River
- watershed area
- 1800
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The Thyamis (), also known as Glykys (Γλυκύς) or Kalamas (Καλαμάς), is a river in the Epirus region of Greece. The long, river flows into the Ionian Sea while on its course it drains an area of about , over 99% of which on Greek territory. Thyamis in ancient Greece was mentioned by Pausanias as forming the boundary between Thesprotis and Kestrine. In addition, Suda and Ptolemaeus mentioned it.
==Geography== thumb|left|The hydroelectric dam of river Thyamis, in [[Thesprotia]] The source of the river is near the village Kalpaki, in the northwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit. It flows south at first, and turns southwest near Soulopoulo. It receives its tributary Tyria near Vrosina, and turns west near Kyparisso in Thesprotia, where the hydroelectric dam is located. It empties into the Ionian Sea near the village Kestrini, between Igoumenitsa and Sagiada, close to the Albanian border.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thyamis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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