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| Location | Aitolia-Acarnania prefecture |
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| Lake type | natural |
| Basin countries | Greece |
| Max. Aetolia-Acarnania, ( Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía, also Aetoloacarnania and Etoloakarnania) is one A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 19 km |
| Surface area | 98.6 km² |
| Max. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares depth | 58 m |
| Islands | none |
| Settlements | Myrtia |
Lake Trichonida, also Trihonida or Trikhonida (Greek: Τριχωνίδα), older forms: Trihonis and Trikhonis ancient: Trichonis is the largest natural lake in Greece. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία It is located in the eastern part of the Aitoloakarnania prefecture and is located east of Agrinio, south of Evrytania and northwest of Nafpaktos. Aetolia-Acarnania, ( Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía, also Aetoloacarnania and Etoloakarnania) is one Agrinion ( Greek, Modern Αγρίνιο Ancient/ Katharevousa: -on older form Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city Evrytania ( Greek: Ευρυτανία alternative romanization Evritania, Latin: Eurytania) is one of the Prefectures of Greece Naupactus or Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος rarely Έπαχτος Naupactus or Naupactos İnebahtı Italian Spanish and Portuguese Lepanto is the second largest town The area is 98.6 km² with the length of 19 km and the depth of 58 m. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares The lake used to cover the central part of the prefecture as well and was large enough to cover the central part of the modern prefecture, a part that is now a plain, a million years ago, the lake later dried up and is in the eastcentral portion of the prefecture today. The municipalities with shores on the lake are Thermo, Makryneia, Arakynthos, Thestieis, and Paravola. Thermo (Θέρμο is a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Municipal districts Agios Andreas Ano Metapa Akres Saranti Arakynthos (Αρακύνθος is a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Thestieis (Θεστιείς is a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Paravola (Παραβόλα is a municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece.
By the banks, features beautiful forests with maples, pines and other trees. Away from the nature features farmlands, the lake features about 200 birds and Around the lake features villages, one of them is being Myrtia.
On April 11, 2007, an earthquake stroke at the early hours of 2 and 6 A. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. M. It woke up many residents and evacuated their homes. The epicenter was centered at the lake. It also produced more earthquakes between 10:13 and 10:15 AM and another several minutes later. It measured at 5. 3, 5. 4, 5. 6 and 5. 7 on the Richter scale. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released It caused damages around the area.