Eurotas River

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The Eurotas River is the principal river of Laconia in the Peloponnese of southern Greece, historically associated with ancient Sparta and flowing into the Laconian Gulf.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Eurotas River canonical 15
Eurotas River area 1
Eurotas River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
associatedWith Laconian plain
associatedWithDeity Potamoi
surface form: Potamoi (river gods)
associatedWithMythology Greek mythology
basinCountry Greece
continent Europe
country Greece
drainageBasin Laconian Gulf
flowsDirection generally southward
flowsInto Laconian Gulf
flowsThrough Laconia regional unit
Laconia regional unit
surface form: Sparta regional unit
hasAlternativeName Iri
Vrodamas River
hasEcologicalIssue pollution
water abstraction
hasFloodplain lower Eurotas valley
hasMouthPosition near Skala Laconias
hasNameInGreek Ευρώτας
hasTributary Gorgylos River
Oinountas River
Smynos River
Vasilopotamos
hasValley Argive plain
surface form: Eurotas Valley
hasWetlandArea Eurotas estuary wetlands
historicallyAssociatedWith Sparta
surface form: ancient Sparta
historicalRegion Laconia
historicalSignificance main river of the territory of ancient Sparta
importantFor local agriculture
local biodiversity
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Greek mainland
Laconia
Peloponnese
Southern Greece
surface form: southern Greece
mentionedIn ancient Greek literature
mouth Laconian Gulf
near Sparta
modern city of Sparta
partOf Eurotas River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eurotas drainage basin
principalRiverOf Laconia
region Laconian plain
Peloponnese
surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
sourceRegion Arcadia
Mount Taygetus
surface form: Taygetus mountains
usedFor irrigation

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Referenced by (19)

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

Peloponnese contains Eurotas River
Sparta locatedOnRiver Eurotas River
Mount Taygetus overlooks Eurotas River
this entity surface form: Eurotas River valley
Laconia contains Eurotas River
Laconia hasMainRiver Eurotas River
Eurotas River partOf Eurotas River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eurotas drainage basin
Orthia relatedSanctuary Eurotas River
this entity surface form: Eurotas River area
ancient Laconia mainRiver Eurotas River
ancient Laconia subregion Eurotas River
this entity surface form: Eurotas valley
Laconian plain drainedBy Eurotas River
Amyclae hasNearbyFeature Eurotas River
Lakonia contains Eurotas River
Laconian Gulf receivesRiver Eurotas River
Smynos River tributaryOf Eurotas River
Laconia regional unit contains Eurotas River
Iri refersTo Eurotas River
Iri alternativeNameOf Eurotas River
Vasilopotamos tributaryOf Eurotas River
Vasilopotamos mouthRiver Eurotas River