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}}(File:Pineios river (thessaly) map.jpg|thumb|200px)The Pineios (, {{IPA|el|pi.ni.ˈos|label=Modern Greek:}}, {{IPA|grc|pɛːnei̯ós|lang|link=yes}}, referred to in Latin sources as Peneus) is a river in Thessaly, Greece. The river is named after the god Peneus. During the later Middle Ages, it was also known as the Salamvrias or Salavrias (Σαλα[μ]βριάς).File:Pinios river and church of Agios Achilios.jpg|thumb|200px|Pineios flowing through LarissaLarissa(File:Πηνειός-Pinios river.jpg|thumb|200px|Pineios, autumn)It flows from the Pindus mountains through the Thessalian plain and empties into the Aegean Sea, northeast of the Vale of Tempe, near Stomio. It creates a large delta, well known for its beauty and for many animal species, protected by international environmental treaties. Its total length is 205 km.Greece in Figures January - March 2018, p. 12 Its drainage basin is {{cvt|9500|km2}}.WEB,weblink Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200215192049weblink">weblink 15 February 2020, el, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, 66, Its source is near the village Malakasi, on the eastern slope of the Pindus main range, east of Metsovo. The Meteora region and the city of Larissa lie along the Pineios. Trikala lies on its tributary, the Lithaios. In the 1960s, a freeway connecting Athens and Thessaloniki was constructed in much of the Vale of Tempe.Three ships of the Hellenic Navy have been named after the river.

Tributaries

Pineios major tributaries are: Malakassiótiko réma (stream), Mourgkánis (stream), Portaikós, Lithaíos, Pámissos, Enipeas and Titarisios.

Places along the river

The Pineios flows along the following places, from the source downstream: Malakasi, Kalampaka, Megarchi, Megala Kalyvia, Farkadona, Larissa, Evangelismos, Omolio.

References

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External links

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• Ovide, Métamorphoses, Livre I
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050902214801weblink">Pinios River

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