Alfeios River

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river

The Alfeios River is a major river in the Peloponnese region of Greece, historically significant in ancient Greek geography and mythology.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
alsoKnownAs	Alpheios River → Alpheus River NERFINISHED →
ancientName	Alpheios → Alpheus →
associatedWithEvent	ancient Olympic Games →
basinCountry	Greece →
continent	Europe →
country	Greece →
crossesRegionalUnit	Arcadia regional unit → Elis regional unit →
drainageBasin	Peloponnese →
ecoregion	Mediterranean climate zone →
flowsDirection	generally westward →
flowsInto	Ionian Sea →
flowsThrough	Arcadia → Elis → Olympia →
hasBridge	Olympia bridge NERFINISHED →
hasFeature	fertile floodplain near mouth → gorges along upper course →
hasTributary	Erymanthos River → Ladon River → Lousios River NERFINISHED →
hasValley	Alfeios valley →
historicalSignificance	important in ancient Greek geography →
length	approximately 110 km →
locatedIn	Peloponnese → Peloponnese peninsula → Western Greece →
mentionedIn	Pausanias Description of Greece → Strabo Geography →
mouthLocatedIn	Ionian Sea →
mouthNear	Gulf of Kyparissia →
mythologicalSignificance	appears in myths of Artemis and Alpheus → associated with the river god Alpheus → connected to the story of Arethusa →
nearSettlement	Andritsaina-Krestena municipality → Pyrgos municipality →
nearSite	Ancient Olympia → Temple of Zeus at Olympia →
partOf	hydrological network of Western Peloponnese →
region	Peloponnese →
relatedDeity	Alpheus (river god) →
sourceLocatedIn	Arcadia → central Peloponnese →
usedFor	hydroelectric power → irrigation →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfeios River ("Alpheios River") →	alsoKnownAs
Alfeios River ("Alpheios") →	ancientName
Peloponnese →	contains
Western Greece →	containsRiver
Pyrgos →	locatedNear
Olympia →	locatedOnWatercourse
valley of the Alfeios River →	namedAfter
Hippodrome of Olympia ("Alpheios River") →	near
Olympia, Greece →	situatedOnRiver
valley of the Alfeios River →	traversedBy