Gallikos (river)

The river Gallikos in the municipality of Eleftherio - Kordelio, Thessaloniki Prefecture, seen from the bridge of the National Road from 2.

The Gallikos (Greek Γαλλικός, ancient Greek Echeidōros Ἐχείδωρος or Echedoros Ἐχέδωρος ) is a 60 km long river in the Greek region Central Macedonia. It rises north-east of the city of Kilkis on the mountain Dysoros and flows from north to south to its mouth in the Gulf of Thermaikos.

The catchment area of the river Gallikos is 930-1022 km ² specified .. The upper ( northern ) close to the source catchment area is indicated with an area of 750 km ² and is part of the Regional District Kilkis; the river has in this area has a length of 43 km .. The average height of this area is 337.5 m, the maximum 1,180 m.

The average annual rainfall in the upper catchment is 480 mm; this fall 70 % this precipitate from October to May The maximum rainfall reaches 1,180 mm per year. The mean annual water flow at the measuring station Nea Filadelfia northeast of Thessaloniki is 0.7 cubic meters (700 liters) per second. In the summer of Gallikos is almost dried.

The river leads or lead dissolved gold ( alluvial gold ) with itself. Between 1953 and 1960, 1355 kg of gold with a fineness of more than 960 were recovered from the Gallikos of the Greek company Gold Fields. The gold comes from the Kroussia and Vertsikos Mountains and is registered with the tributary Megalo Potami in the Gallikos. This creek flows about 10 km southeast of the city of Kilkis in the Gallikos.