Evinos

Evinos
Origin	Aetolia-Acarnania
Mouth	Gulf of Patras 38°18′15″N 21°31′9″E
Length	92 km

The Evinos River (Greek: Εύηνος) is a river that flows entirely in the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of Aetolia-Acarnania, Evrytania, Phthiotis and Phocis, near the village Artotina, in the Vardousia mountains. Its length is 92 km. The river was first mentioned in Homeric times and was known in the ancient times. It now empties into the reservoir of Lake Evinos, that is about 10 km² and eliminated a village. The river flows into the forested valley and into the populated areas, it empties into the Gulf of Patras east of Messolonghi near a tall mountain. Evinochori owes its name to its nearby river. The GR-5/E55 (Antirrio - Agrinio - Ioannina) runs over the river.

Places near the river

• Platanos
• Analypsi
• Evinochori
• Galatas

History

Due to the flooding of the area, a new dam was ordered by the Aitoloakarnanian government^{[citation needed]} to construct a dam near the four-boundaries region of northern Nafpaktia. It took nearly one year and was completed in 2003. Its area is about 5 to 10 km², the height and the depth is approximately 50 m. It was visited and recorded on the Greek travelling programme Exodus in 2006 even though, it was recorded in 2003. It rarely supplies water to the area, but it is the westernmost and newest expansion of the water supply line Evinos-Mornos-Yliki-Marathon which covers the needs of Athens. It is connected to the existing Mornos expansion via an underground pipeline 30km long and further to Athens.

External links

• Evinos River on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)