Lysimachia lake
| Lysimachia lake | ||
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| View of Lake Lysimachia with the town of Agrinio in the background | ||
| Geographical location | Greece | |
| Tributaries | Canal from Lake Trichonida | |
| Drain | Dimiko → Acheloos | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 33 '40 " N , 21 ° 22' 10" E | |
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| surface | 13.2 km² | |
| scope | 17 km | |
| Maximum depth | 9 m | |
Lake Lysimachia ( Greek Λίμνη Λυσιμαχία ) is a lake in Greece . Lake Lysimachia is located in the Aetolia-Acarnania Prefecture , part of the Western Greece administrative region south of the city of Agrinio . Lake Lysimachia covers an area of 13.2 km² and has a shoreline of around 17 km. The greatest depth of Lake Lysimachia is 9 m.
Lake Lysimachia is one of the largest lakes in Greece and the second largest lake both in relation to the Aetolia-Acarnania Prefecture and the administrative region of Western Greece. Immediately to the east is the largest lake in Aetolia-Akarnania and western Greece, Lake Trichonida . Both lakes are in the Aetolian Plain and form an ecosystem.
In the past, both lakes were combined into one large lake. Up until the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the banks of both lakes were densely forested. Irrigation measures as well as expansion of the traffic connections through the construction of the national road 5 , which runs between the two lakes, changed the landscape around the lakes permanently. In particular, the cultivation of tobacco plants around Agrinio played a prominent role.
A controlled channel for water exchange exists between Lake Lysimachia and Lake Trichonida. The small river Ermitsa flows into Lake Lysimachia. Lake Lysimachia is emptied into the Acheloos by the Dimiko River, which flows west of the lake from north to south-west into the Ionian Sea.