Pineios River

The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, also Pineus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. It is probably not named after the god Peneus. It flows from the mountain Erymanthus (Olonos), and empties into a bay SW of Gastouni connecting the Ionian Sea. The river flows through the southern half of the Ilia plain. The river passes through: In ancient times, the river passed east of what is now Staphidokampos, the Andravida Military Airport, Lechaina, and the former wetlands, now drained for agricultural purposes, near Agios Panteleimonas. In the 1960s, the government began building an earth-shaped dam named the Peneus Dam (Φράγμα Πηνειού Fragma Pineiou) to supply water for the north and much of Elia. This has flooded a couple of roads including those...