Gallikos (river) explained

Gallikos
Mouth Coordinates:40.6306°N 22.8456°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length Km:70
Basin Size Km2:1055

The Gallikos (el|Γαλλικός) is a river in Central Macedonia, Greece. It was known as the Echedoros in antiquity and the Gomaropnichtis in the Middle Ages. The current name probably derives from the ancient Roman colony of Callicum (modern Kilkis) near the river.

It rises in the Krousia Mountain and flows into the Aegean Sea in the Thermaic Gulf, near Sindos. It is 70km (40miles) long.[1] Its drainage basin is .[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1515741/GreeceInFigures_2018Q1_EN.pdf/e90e9c60-ed92-40a7-a1e0-9a58d542d596 Greece in Figures January - March 2018
  2. Web site: Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215192049/http://www.ypeka.gr/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=T4DDG1hqQMY%3D&tabid=252&language=el-GR. 15 February 2020. el. Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. 80.