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Missolonghi Lagoon

Lagoon in Western Greece

Field	Value
name	Missolonghi Lagoon
pushpin_map	Greece
location	Aetolia-Acarnania
coords
type	natural
basin_countries	Greece
length	15 to
width	15 km
area	about 20 to
max-depth	9 m
cities	Missolonghi

| max-depth = 9 m

Traditional stilt house in the lagoon of Missolonghi, Western Greece.

The Missolonghi Lagoon (, Limnothalassa Mesolongiou) is a shallow lagoon located in the south of Aetolia-Acarnania, Western Greece. It is connected with the Gulf of Patras, a bay of the Ionian Sea. It has a triangular shape and its width varies between approximately 15 to 20 km.

Its maximum depth is 5 to 6 metres although mainly it is less than half a metre deep. Several islands surround the lagoon. Near the coast, the depth is only 10 cm and it is a swampy area. Fish and seaweed live in the lagoon. Strabo called the lake Kynia.

Aitoliko Lagoon is located to the north of the lagoon. Together they form the Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons complex.

The lagoon was partly drained in the 20th century especially in the western portion in which a part of the land extended southward with farmlands and dikes. The island of Aitoliko or sometimes the peninsula extended by 15 km and 200 m making it the longest extension, the eastern half became a canal and it resembles a dike.

Islands in Missolonghi lagoon

Dolmas
Kleisova
Komma
Prokopanistos
Schinias
Tourlida
Vasiladi

References

The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)

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