The Agrafiotis River is a river/stream that flows entirely in the Evrytania

Evrytania

Evrytania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi .-Geography:...

 prefecture in Greece. The river owes its name to Agrafa

Agrafa

Agrafa is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa prefectures in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range...

, the mountainous region where it flows. The river begins in the North of the prefecture and passes into a valley filled with only traces of farmlands, beautiful pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

 and spruce

Spruce

A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...

 trees and its natural beauty. Being crossed by a few stone bridges, it passes through the Municipality of Agrafa

Agrafa (Municipality)

Agrafa is a village and a municipality in Evrytania, Central Greece. Its administrative center is the village Kerasochori. It is named after the wide mountainous region of Agrafa, of which it occupies only the SW part....

 and East of Palaiokatafga near its third major road of the prefecture which is next to Tripotamo - named as so for its three rivers flowing with the Acheloos. The river empties into Kremasta

Kremasta (lake)

Lake Kremasta is the largest artificial lake in Greece. The construction of the dam of Kremasta was completed in 1969 concentrating waters from four rivers: Acheloos, Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis. The water that is accumulated in the artificial lake is about 4,700,000,000 m³...

 Reservoir, which is drained by the river Acheloos

Acheloos River

The Achelous , also Acheloos, is a river in western Greece. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea...

. The Kremasta Reservoir is the largest in Greece.It is named after a greek god

Places along the river

• Agrafa
  Agrafa
  Agrafa is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa prefectures in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range...
  
  
• Palaiokatafga
• Tripotamo

History

Before construction began in 1967, the Kremasta

Kremasta (lake)

Lake Kremasta is the largest artificial lake in Greece. The construction of the dam of Kremasta was completed in 1969 concentrating waters from four rivers: Acheloos, Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis. The water that is accumulated in the artificial lake is about 4,700,000,000 m³...

 reservoir was the tributary of the Acheloos

Acheloos

Acheloos may refer to:* Acheloos River, in Greece* Achelous, a river deity in Greek mythology* Acheloos , a municipality in the Karditsa prefecture, Greece...

 and the Megdova

Megdova

The Megdovas also known as Tavropos , is a river that flows through the Karditsa and Evrytania prefectures, Greece.-Geography:The river begins in the mountains of the western part of Karditsa Prefecture and passes since the late-1950s into Lake Plastiras, a reservoir that supplies electricity and...

rivers. The construction of the lake extended the flow approximately two kilometres further North when it was complete in the early- to mid-1970s.

External links

• Agrafiotis on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)