Mornos

Dam of Mornos

The Mornos (Greek Μόρνος, also Dafnous Δαφνούς or Ylethos Ύλαιθος, ancient Greek Hylaithos Ὕλαιθος ) is an approximately 70 km long river in Greece. It runs in the region of Central Greece and flows through the Regional District Phocis.

The Mornos rises on the southern flank of the massif Iti and initially flows south through the hill country of Phocis in a valley landscape, which is formed by the mountains and mountain ranges of Giona, Iti, Ori Lidorikiou and Vardousia. At his previous pivoting in the aforementioned valley landscape to the west, east of the village Lidoriki, the Mornos the shape of an X is dammed to Mornos reservoir which viewed from the air has.

After Mornos reservoir of Mornos initially flows west and then turns towards the southwest from his mouth delta, which covers an area of 25 km ². This marks the boundary between the Gulf of Corinth in the east and the Gulf of Patras in the West. The Mornos forms in his leading from the northeast to the southwest course of the boundary between the prefecture of Phocis to the east (formerly Province Dorida ) and the prefecture of Aetolia - Acarnania in the west ( formerly Province Nafpaktia ).

The water of the Mornos - especially that of the Mornos reservoir - is used for the water supply of Greater Athens. For this purpose, the water lying in the west of Mornos river Evinos is redirected to the Mornos since the beginning of the 21st century through a tunnel system.