valley of the Alfeios River

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geographical region river valley

The valley of the Alfeios River is a fertile river valley in the western Peloponnese of Greece, renowned as the setting of ancient Olympia and its Panhellenic sanctuary.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → river valley →
associatedWithDeity	Zeus →
associatedWithEvent	ancient Olympic Games →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
contains	Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia → ancient Olympia → archaeological site of Olympia → sanctuary of Olympia →
country	Greece →
culturalHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage context via Olympia →
drainageTo	Ionian Sea →
geologicalOrigin	fluvial erosion by the Alfeios River →
historicalSignificance	center of Panhellenic religious activity in antiquity → setting of the ancient Olympic Games →
knownFor	ancient Olympia → fertile agricultural land →
landscapeCharacter	alluvial plain → riverine terraces →
locatedIn	Peloponnese peninsula → southern Greece → western Peloponnese →
locatedInAdministrativeRegion	Western Greece periphery →
locatedNear	Ionian Sea coast of the Peloponnese →
namedAfter	Alfeios River →
nearbySettlement	Pyrgos → modern town of Olympia →
partOf	Alfeios River basin →
regionType	fertile valley →
religiousSignificance	Panhellenic sanctuary →
supports	citrus cultivation → olive cultivation → vine cultivation →
timePeriodOfMajorImportance	Archaic period of Greece → Classical antiquity →
tourismAttraction	archaeological tourism → cultural tourism → religious heritage tourism →
traversedBy	Alfeios River →
usedFor	agriculture →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archaeological site of Olympia → Sanctuary of Olympia ("valley of the Alpheios River") →	locatedIn
Alfeios River ("Alfeios valley") →	hasValley
valley of the Alfeios River ("Alfeios River basin") →	partOf