Gialias

Gialias
Γιαλιάς (in Greek) • Çakıllı Dere/Yalya Deresi (in Turkish)
Map
Location
CountryCyprus
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTroodos Mountains
Mouth 
 • location
Famagusta Bay
Length88 km (55 mi)

The Gialias (also Yialias; Γιαλιάς, Çakıllı Dere/Yalya Deresi) is the second longest river in Cyprus. It has a length of 88 km (55 mi), river originating in the Troodos Mountains and Mesaoria. In its course passes through the valley of Mesaoria and flows into Famagusta Bay. Its depth reaches up to 9 meters.

In 1952, the Pano Lythrodonta dam with a capacity of 32,000 m3 and a height of 10 meters was built in Gialias.[1]

  1. ^ "Φράγματα της Κύπρου". 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009.