Krathi

Infobox River
river_name=Krathi
"Κράθης"
origin=Achaia prefecture
basin_country=Greece
length=approximately 40 km
mouth_elevation=Gulf of Corinth
watershed=Ionian Sea

Krathi (Greek: Κράθης), older form: Krathis, accented forms: Kráthi and Kráthis, is a river in the eastern part of the Achaia prefecture. The river flows in the municipalities of Akrata, and Diakopto, .

Geography

The river begins in the Chelmos mountains to the north, it enters a forested then into a grassy area. The rivers enters Lake Tsivlos where it was formed by a mudslide iin 1912 and devastated the village of Tsivlos. Its next course is a forested area and near Akrata and Aigeira. Its road linking Tsivlos and Akrata flows by it and the old and the new highways flows over including a 200 m long bridge built in the 1960s. The river empties into the Gulf of Corinth west of the nowadays hotels and villas of Aigeira.

About the river

The name was known during the ancient times, according to Strabo, from Kirnasthai () flooded and had large damages especially in the city of Akrata.

Places within the river

*Agia Varvara
*Tsivlos
*Peristera
*Akrata
*Zarouchla
*Sylivena?
*1.5 km northwest of Aigeira