List of rivers of Greece facts for kids

Aoos/Vjosë river map

This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in Greece. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into.

List of rivers

Major rivers of Greece

• Maritsa
• Struma
• Vardar
• Haliacmon

The Haliacmon (Aliakmonas)

The Vardar in Skopje: the Stone Bridge

Origins of the Maritsa River in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Course of the Haliacmon, as seen from the satellite. (The river course has been highlighted.)

The Vardar river in the city of Veles, Republic of Macedonia

The course of the Struma (river) in Bulgaria and Greece (marked in red)

The Struma from the bridge next to the Lion of Amphipolis facing the beach of Ofryni Beach (Tuzla)

By sea

Adriatic Sea

• Aoos/Vjosë (near Novoselë, Albania)
  • Drino (in Tepelenë, Albania)
  • Sarantaporos (near Çarshovë, Albania)

Ionian Sea

Rivers in this section are sorted north (Albanian border) to south (Cape Malea).

• Thyamis (near Igoumenitsa)
  • Tyria (near Vrosina)
• Acheron (near Parga)
• Arachthos (in Kommeno)
• Acheloos (near Astakos)
  • Megdovas (near Fragkista)
  • Agrafiotis (near Fragkista)
  • Granitsiotis (near Granitsa)
• Evinos (near Missolonghi)
• Mornos (near Nafpaktos)
• Elissonas (in Dimini)
• Selinountas (near Aigio)
• Vouraikos (near Diakopto)
• Charadros (in Patras)
• Glafkos (in Patras)
• Peiros (in Dymi)
  • Tytheus (in Olenia)
• Pineios (near Gastouni)
• Alfeios (near Pyrgos)
  • Erymanthos (near Tripotamia)
  • Ladon (near Tripotamia)
    • Aroanios (near Filia)
  • Lousios (near Gortyna)
  • Elissonas (near Megalopoli)
• Neda (near Giannitsochori)
• Pamisos (near Messene)
• Eurotas (in Elos)

Aegean Sea

Rivers in this section are sorted south (Cape Malea) to northeast (Turkish border).

• Inachos (in Nea Kios)
• Spercheios (near Lamia)
  • Gorgopotamos (near Lamia)
• Pineios (in Stomio)
  • Titarisios (in Ampelonas)
  • Enipeas (in Farkadona)
• Haliacmon (in Methoni)
• Axios/Vardar (near Thessaloniki)
• Gallikos (near Thessaloniki)
• Strymonas/Struma (in Amphipolis)
• Nestos/Mesta (near Keramoti)
  • Despatis/Dospat (near Sidironero)
• Evros/Maritsa (near Alexandroupoli)
  • Erythropotamos/Luda reka (near Didymoteicho)
  • Ardas/Arda (near Edirne, Turkey)

Ancient rivers and streams

• Ammites (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
• Bisaltes
• Elpeus
• Erasinos (emptied into the modern Petalies Gulf)
• Erechios (stream; emptied into the Strymonic Gulf)
• Olynthiakos (stream; emptied into Lake Bolbe)
• Rhoedias (emptied into the Thermaic Gulf)

List by letter

Acheloos, Agrafiotis, Alfeios, Aoos/Vjosë, Arachthos, Ardas, Aroanios, Axios/Vardar, Cephissus (Athenian plain), Cephissus (Boeotia), Charadros, Despatis, Drino, Elissos, Elpeus, Enipefs, Eridanos, Erymanthos, Erythropotamos, Eurotas, Evinos, Evros/Maritsa, Gallikos, Glafkos, Gorgopotamos, Granitsiotis, Haliacmon, Ilissos, Inachos, Kladeos, Krathi, Krausidonas, Krios, Ladon, Larissos, Lousios, Megdova, Meilichos, Mornos, Neda, Nestos/Mesta, Oenus, Pamisos, Peiros, Pindus, Pineios (Peloponnese), Pineios (Thessaly), Plataneiko, Sarantaporos (Epirus), Sarantaporos (Thessaly), Selemnos, Spercheios, Strymonas/Struma, Tara, Thyamis, Titarisios, Tragus, Tyria, Tytheus, Volinaios, Zacholitikos