The Nedonas is a river that flows in eastern Messenia

Messenia

Messenia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided by the Kallikratis plan, implemented 1 January 2011...

 in the southern Peloponnese

Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...

 in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. It is named after a mythological myth Neda

Neda

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. Nedonas is approximately 30 km long.

Geography

The river begins in the Taygetos mountains and flows from several springs. It begins at around 1,000 to 1,100 m. and Mount Xerovouna. The GR-82

Greek National Road 82

Greek National Road 82 is a west to east highway linking Pylos with the GR-9/E55, Kalamata and downtown Sparta with GR-37/E???. The highway begins in downtown Pylos and runs through the southwestern part of Messenia and through curvy roads and through Lykodimos and intersects with a road linking...

 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) runs along the river. The river enters a series of gorges and steep areas and are forested. It forms a tributary with Nedoussa (also named after Neda) and enters outside the mountain and into the city of Kalamata

Kalamata

Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...

 which flows within two streets and through the downtown core, it empties into the Messenian Gulf

Messenian Gulf

The Messenian Gulf is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea. The gulf is circumscribed by the southern coasts of Messenia and the southwestern coast of the Mani peninsula in Laconia. Its bounds are Venetiko Island to the west and Cape Tainaron to the southeast...

 less than 2 km from downtown and its beach and port are nearby. The area was mostly farmlands during the ancient times and until the early to mid 20th century.

Nearby mountain range are Rachi Goupata and the Kalathi Mountains.

Tributaries

The river has a few tributaries including one that starts near Karveli and Lada and another near Diasello.

Places along the river

• Piges (right)
• Alagonia
  Alagonia
  Alagonia was a town of Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis...
  
   (right)
• Artemissia
  Artemissia, Messinia
  Artemisia is a mountain village in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 291 for the village and 310 for the municipal district. It is situated at 860 m above sea level. Many of its residents live there only during the summer months.Until 1927, it was...
  
   (left)
• Panagitsa (left)
• Kalamata
  Kalamata
  Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...
  
  (left), urban areas on both sides