Acheron Gorge
The Acheron is a river in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is 52 km long, and its drainage area is 705 km2. Its source is near the village Zotiko, in the southwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit.Localities in the Area
Ammoudia
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ammoudia is a small fishing village in the municipal unit of Fanari in the municipality of Parga, Preveza regional unit in Epirus, in northwestern Greece.
Themelo
Village
Themelo is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Fanari in the Preveza regional unit in the region of Epirus, in western Greece.
Acheron Gorge
- Type: Stream
- Description: river of northwest Greece
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.2361° or 39° 14' 10" northLongitude
20.4765° or 20° 28' 35" eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open Location Code
8GF26FPG+FHGeoNames ID
265479Wikidata ID
Q191087Acheron Gorge Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Gliqia
- Albanian: Lumi i Gliqisë
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἀχέρων
- Arabic: أشيرون
- Armenian: Ախերոն
- Armenian: Աքերոն
- Asturian: Ríu Acheron
- Basque: Akeronte
- Belarusian: Ахеран
- Belarusian: Ахерон
- Bosnian: Aheront
- Breton: Ac'heron
- Breton: Akeron
- Bulgarian: Ахерон
- Catalan: Aqueron
- Catalan: Aqueront
- Cebuano: Achérontas Potamós
- Chinese: 阿克倫河
- Chinese: 阿刻戎河
- Chinese: 阿格龍河
- Chuvash: Ахерон
- Croatian: Aheront
- Czech: Acherón
- Danish: Acheron
- Dutch: Acheron
- English: Acheron
- Esperanto: Aĥerono
- Estonian: Acheron
- Finnish: Aheron
- French: Acheron
- French: Achéron
- Galician: Aqueronte
- Georgian: აქერონი
- German: Acheron
- German: Acheron Flußtal
- German: Acherondas
- Greek: Achérontas Potamós
- Greek: Αχέροντας
- Greek: Αχέροντας Ποταμός
- Greek: Αχέρων
- Greek: Χαράδρα του Αχέροντα
- Hebrew: אכרון
- Hungarian: Akherón
- Icelandic: Akkeron
- Indonesian: Acheron
- Indonesian: Akheron
- Irish: Acheron
- Italian: Acheronte
- Japanese: アケロン川
- Japanese: アケローン
- Japanese: アケローン川
- Japanese: アケローン河
- Javanese: Akhéron
- Korean: 아케론강
- Latin: Acheron
- Lithuanian: Acheronas
- Macedonian: Ахерон
- Mingrelian: აქერონი
- Norwegian Bokmål: Acheron
- Occitan (post 1500): Aqueront
- Persian: آخرون
- Persian: اخرون
- Polish: Acheron
- Polish: Acheront
- Portuguese: Acheron
- Portuguese: Aqueronte
- Romanian: Acheron
- Romanian: Aheron
- Romanian: Râul Aheron
- Russian: Ахерон
- Russian: Ахеронт
- Russian: Фанариотикос
- Serbian: Aheron
- Serbian: Αχέρων
- Serbian: Ахерон
- Serbian: Ахеронт
- Serbo-Croatian: Aheront
- Slovak: Acherón
- Slovenian: Aheron
- Spanish: Aqueron
- Spanish: Aqueronte
- Spanish: Aquerón
- Swedish: Acheron
- Swedish: Akeron
- Thai: แม่น้ำแอเคอรอน
- Turkish: Acheron
- Turkish: Aheron Nehri
- Turkish: Akheron
- Ukrainian: Ахерон
- Ukrainian: Ахеронт
- Venetian: Fiume Aqueronte
- Welsh: Afon Acheron
- Acheron River
- Acherontas
- Acherontas Potamos
- Achérontas
- Akhéron Potamós
- Mavropotamo
- Mavropótamos
- Potamós Achéron
- აქერონტი
Localities in the Area
- Valanidhorakhi, PrevezaVillage
- Mesopotamo, PrevezaVillage
- DikorfoHamlet
- TsouknidaVillage
- Agia KyriakiVillage
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Acheron Gorge. Photo: Samulili, CC BY 2.5.