Evrótas River

river, Greece

Also known as: Eurotas River, Iris River

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Historically:: Eurotas

Also called:: Iris

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Evrótas River, nonnavigable river rising in the Taïyetos (Modern Greek: Táygetos) Mountains in the southern Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos), Greece. The principal stream of Laconia (Lakonía), it flows south-southeast through the agricultural Laconian plain between the Taïyetos and Párnon ranges and empties at the head of the Gulf of Laconia northeast of Yíthion after a course of 51 miles (82 km). Although it is fed by minor streams of the Taïyetos range, its principal confluent is the Enunte, which joins it near Sparta (Spárti).

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