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Pleistos (River)

A river in Central Greece that rises near modern Arachova in Boetia. It flows west through a karst valley paralleling the Gulf of Corinth, often underground, hence one modern name (Xeropotami). Augmented by streams issuing from Mount Parnassus, the river passes the site of ancient Delphi, which overlooks the valley from the north side. Thereafter the river bed follows elevation gradients, turning south as it passes the location of modern Hrisso to enter the Gulf of Corinth on the eastern edge of the modern village of Kirra. Extensive, long-term olive irrigation and other landscape change, have

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