Giannitsa Lake

Giannitsa Lake
Loudias Lake
Map depicting the Battle of Giannitsa around the lake.
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Location	Macedonia (Greece)
Coordinates	40°42′31″N 22°25′7″E / 40.70861°N 22.41861°E / 40.70861; 22.41861
Type	Post-glacial lake
Etymology	Named after the town of Giannitsa.
Primary inflows	Loudias River
Primary outflows	Loudias River
Surface area	c. 40.5 km2 (15.6 sq mi)
Settlements	Giannitsa

Giannitsa Lake (Greek: Λίμνη Γιαννιτσών), also known as Loudias Lake (Greek: Λίμνη Λουδία) is a former post-glacial lake in Central Macedonia, Greece, south of the town of Giannitsa and north of Gidas (later renamed Alexandreia). It or the surrounding marshland were sometimes called Borboros 'slime' or Borboros Limen.^[1] Shallow, swampy, and variable-sized, it was drained from 1928 to 1932 and became agricultural land.