Lakes of Greece

Among the main lakes of Greece are the Prespa lakes, which are two freshwater lakes, north of the Pindo massif, the lake shares its flow with the neighboring countries of Albania, Republic of Macedonia, and Greece. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans at 853 meters. Very close to there is the Mikra Prespa lake It is only 43 m2, and the minimum part belongs to Albania, the rest to Greece.

El megali prespa which is the largest with 1.038 m2, only a small part belongs to Greece and another small part belongs to Albania and the largest part belongs to Macedonia. There are also beautiful small lakes between the mountains such as Lake Kastoría, which has an area of ​​28 km2, and its depth is between 9 and 10 meters, shares its surface with the high valley of Aliákmon, and is on the shores of the city of Kastoria. Lake Vegorritis is located between the Voras and Vermion massifs. The Doiranis lake It is of salty water, but when for some reason it does not communicate with the sea, it begins to be a lake of fresh water due to the communication it has with groundwater.

On the edge of the canyon Years there are two lakes with permanent waters, at an altitude of 2.000 meters, they say they are the secret of the mountains. In these lakes live the alpine Triturus, which are small dragons of Epirus. East of the Gulf of Nestos are the Zistonis Lakes. At the mouth of the Alfiós is Lake Aqulinitsa. Next to the city of Agrínion is Lake Trikhonis, it is between the mountains of the north of the Gulf of Patras.


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