Neda River

Infobox River
river_name=Neda
"Νέδα"
origin=Arcadia prefecture
basin_country=Greece
length=approximately 60 km
mouth_elevation=Ionian Sea
watershed=Gulf of Kyparissia at the Ionian Sea

The Neda River (Greek: Νέδα, "Potamos Nedas") is a river that flows through the Arcadia, Ilia and the Messinia prefectures in the western Peloponnese in Greece. Much of the river flows through the mountainous areas including

Geography

The river begins in the mountains of Lykaio to the west through a mixture of barren rock and forests, it flows into the Messinia prefecture and near the village of Neda which owes its name from this river, for the next 40 to 50 km it flows with the boundary of Messinia and Ilia prefectures for the rest of its length and covers the most length. It flows within the nearby villages and towns including Kato Dorio?, Dorio, Figaleia, Avlona, Karyes and Neochori (not to confuse with the village near Kyllini). It passes under the underpass of the GR-9/E55 (Pyrgos - Kyparissia) and into the forests, marshes and the delta at the small plain area 2 km west of the highway and into the Ionian Sea with the Gulf of Kyparissia.

Places within the river

*Neda
*Kato Dorio
*Avlona
*Karyes

ee also

*List of rivers in Greece