Haliacmon

Satellite image of the course of the river Aliakmona in Greece ( highlighted in blue)

Polyfytos Bridge ( Servia / Neraida Bridge )

The Aliakmona (Greek Aliakmona Αλιάκμωνας, ancient Greek Haliakmon Ἁλιάκμων, ion Aliakmon; . Latin Haliacmon ) is 297 kilometers, the longest river in Greece.

The river rises in the northern Pindus Mountains in northern Greece, on the border with Albania. It flows first southeast, then northeast through the administrative regions of West and Central Macedonia by the Polyfytos Reservoir and eventually into the Gulf of Thermaikos. The Aliakmona irrigates a vast area and is thus very important for agriculture in the region. The river forms the western portion of the delta of the Axios and flows through the regional districts of Florina, Kastoria, Grevena, Kozani, Imathia and Pieria.

In antiquity, Ptolemy named the mountain range where the river rises (now Northern Pindos ) Canavolii. Julius Caesar reported that the Aliakmona formed the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. The river watered the Elimiotis region and then formed the boundary between Pieria, Eordaea and Imathia. At the time of Herodotus, the river flowed into the Loudias Aliakmona, but today the Loudias flows directly into the Aegean Sea.

• River in Europe
• River in Greece
• Water system Aegean Sea