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Lake Amvrakia or Ambracia (Greek: Αμβρακία) is a freshwater lake in Aetolia-Acarnania, in western Greece. It lies between the towns of Agrinio and Amphilochia , and is 13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi) long, 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) wide and has a maximum depth of 40 metres (130 ft).
Detailed map of the Ambracian Gulf, drawn by W. J. Cooling of the British Admiralty in 1830. The entrance to the gulf is through a 700 m (2,297 ft)-wide channel between Aktio (ancient Actium) on the south and Preveza on the north; a recent road tunnel connects the two.
Natural and artificial lakes in Greece. Central Greece. Lake Amvrakia; Lake Dystos, Euboea, presently largely drained; Lake Lysimachia; Lake Ozeros; Lake Saltini; Lake Voulkaria; Lake Yliki
Lakes include the Amvrakia, the Lysimachia, Ozeros, and Trichonida, and artificial lakes and reservoirs include Kastraki, Kremasta, the largest lake in Greece since its creation in 1970, and Stratos. Two lagoons are found in the southern part of the regional unit: the Messolongi and the Aitoliko. The lowest altitude in Greece is found in west ...
Ambracia (/ æ m ˈ b r eɪ ʃ ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμβρακία, occasionally Ἀμπρακία, Ampracia) was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta.It was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about 11 km (7 mi) from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
The A52 motorway, also known as the Amvrakia Odos (Greek: Αμβρακία Οδός), [1] is a branch of the A5 Ionia Odos motorway in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The A52 is an important motorway for the tourist region of the Ambracian Gulf. Its construction should have been finished until 2012, however the crisis in the country delayed its ...
Mount Parnassus Nafpaktos. Central Greece is the most populous geographical region of Greece, with a population of 4,591,568 people, and covers an area of 24,818.3 km 2 (9,582.4 sq mi), making it the second-largest of the country.
This species is classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. Recent surveys have failed to find any specimens and the sublittoral zone, which was the species original habitat, [1] is almost completely terrestrial nowadays, [4] [5] as a result of over-extraction of water from Lake Amvrakia; however, there remains a possibility that the species may survive in a small ...