Gallikos (river)

For the municipality, see Gallikos.
Gallikos
Map
Native nameΓαλλικός (Greek)
Location
CountryGreece
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKilkis regional unit
Mouth 
 • location
Aegean Sea
 • coordinates
40°37′50″N 22°50′44″E / 40.63056°N 22.84556°E / 40.63056; 22.84556
Length70 km (43 mi)
Basin size1,055 km2 (407 sq mi)

The Gallikos (Greek: Γαλλικός) is a river in Central Macedonia, Greece. It was known as the Echedoros (Εχέδωρος) in antiquity and the Gomaropnichtis (Γομαροπνίχτης) in the Middle Ages. The current name probably derives from the ancient Roman colony of Callicum (modern Kilkis) near the river.

It rises in the Krousia Mountain and flows into the Aegean Sea in the Thermaic Gulf, near Sindos. It is 70 km (43 mi) long.[1] Its drainage basin is 1,055 km2 (407 sq mi).[2]

References

  1. ^ Greece in Figures January - March 2018, p. 12
  2. ^ "Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment" (in Greek). Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. p. 80. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.

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