Lake Yliki
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Lake Yliki Υλίκη | |
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Location | Central Greece |
Coordinates | 38°24′N 23°16′E / 38.400°N 23.267°E |
Primary inflows | Cephissus |
Basin countries | Greece |
Surface area | 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
Islands | 10 |
Lake Yliki (Greek: Υλίκη Yliki, Ancient Greek: Ὑλίκη Hylike, Latinised as Hylica[1]) is a large natural lake of Boeotia, central Greece. Situated 8 km north of Thebes at 78 m elevation, it has been an important source of drinking water for the Athens agglomeration since 1958.[2] It is surrounded by low mountains, which separate it from the drained Lake Copais.
Wildlife
The lake is home to several threatened endemic or near-endemic fish species:[3] (IUCN Red List status shown)
- Yliki barbel (Barbus carottae) formerly classified as skarouni (Luciobarbus graecus)
- Greek stickleback or ellinopygósteos (Pungitius hellenicus)
- marathon minnow (Pelasgus marathonicus)
- Beotian riffle dace or paskóviza (Telestes beoticus)
- Greek rudd or kalamithra (Scardinius graecus)
- Yliki roach (Leucos ylikiensis)
In popular culture
Some scenes of French-singer Indila's music video "S.O.S" were filmed at the lake.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Boeotia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 413.
- ^ EYDAP brochure
- ^ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World, Aegean Drainages". FEOW.
- ^ "Indila:Μια Γαλλίδα σταρ στη Χαλκίδα". 10 July 2014.
External links
Media related to Lake Yliki at Wikimedia Commons
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