Alfeios River

E72012

river

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Alfeios River canonical	17
Alfeios River basin	4
Alpheios River	2
Alfeios River (sections)	1
Alpheios	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alfeios River ⓘ surface form: Alpheios River river Alpheus ⓘ surface form: Alpheus River
ancientName	Alfeios River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alpheios Asopus ⓘ surface form: Alpheus
associatedWithEvent	Olympic Games ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ
hasFeature	fertile floodplain near mouth ⓘ gorges along upper course ⓘ
hasTributary	Erymanthos River ⓘ Ladon River ⓘ Lousios River ⓘ
hasValley	valley of the Alfeios River ⓘ surface form: Alfeios valley
historicalSignificance	important in ancient Greek geography ⓘ
length	approximately 110 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Peloponnese ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: Peloponnese peninsula Western Greece ⓘ
mentionedIn	Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Pausanias Description of Greece Strabo ⓘ surface form: 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	sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: Ancient Olympia Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
partOf	hydrological network of Western Peloponnese ⓘ
region	Peloponnese ⓘ
relatedDeity	Potamoi ⓘ surface form: Alpheus (river god)
sourceLocatedIn	Arcadia ⓘ central Peloponnese ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

valley of the Alfeios River → namedAfter → Alfeios River ⓘ

valley of the Alfeios River → traversedBy → Alfeios River ⓘ

Peloponnese → contains → Alfeios River ⓘ

Western Greece → containsRiver → Alfeios River ⓘ

Hippodrome of Olympia → near → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpheios River

Olympia → locatedOnWatercourse → Alfeios River ⓘ

Olympia, Greece → situatedOnRiver → Alfeios River ⓘ

Alfeios River → alsoKnownAs → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpheios River

Alfeios River → ancientName → Alfeios River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpheios

Pyrgos → locatedNear → Alfeios River ⓘ

Kronion hill → isNear → Alfeios River ⓘ

subject surface form: Kronion Hill

Kladios River → tributaryOf → Alfeios River ⓘ

Kladios River → partOf → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alfeios River basin

Mount Mainalo → drainageBasin → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alfeios River basin

Arcadia regional unit → contains → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alfeios River (sections)

Museum of the History of the Excavations at Olympia → locatedNear → Alfeios River ⓘ

Elis regional unit → contains → Alfeios River ⓘ

Andritsaina-Krestena municipality → near → Alfeios River ⓘ

Pyrgos municipality → locatedNear → Alfeios River ⓘ

Pyrgos municipality → hasRiver → Alfeios River ⓘ

Ladon River → tributaryOf → Alfeios River ⓘ

Ladon River → mouthLocation → Alfeios River ⓘ

Erymanthos River → mouthLocatedIn → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alfeios River basin

Erymanthos River → tributaryOf → Alfeios River ⓘ

Erymanthos River → drainageBasin → Alfeios River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alfeios River basin