{{Short description|Lake in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece}} {{Infobox body of water |name = Lake Trichonida |native_name ={{native name|el|Λίμνη Τριχωνίδα}} |image = Trichonida Lake, Etoloakarnania, Greece - View upon the lake.jpg |caption = |image_bathymetry = |caption_bathymetry = |location = [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] |coords = {{coord|38|34|21|N|21|33|09|E|region:GR_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} |lake_type = natural |inflow = |outflow = |catchment = |basin_countries = Greece |length = {{convert|19|km|abbr=on}} |width = |area = {{convert|98.6|km2|abbr=on}} |depth = |max-depth = {{convert|58|m|ft|abbr=on}} |volume = {{convert|2.868|km3|cumi|abbr=on}} |residence_time = |shore = |elevation = {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} |islands = none |cities = [[Paravola]] <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Greece | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Trichonida in Greece. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }}
'''Lake Trichonida''' ({{langx|el|Λίμνη Τριχωνίδα}} ''Limni Trichonida''; [[Ancient Greek]]: Τριχωνίς ''Trichonis'') is the largest natural [[lake]] in [[Greece]]. It is situated in the eastern part of [[Aetolia-Acarnania]], southeast of the city of [[Agrinio]] and northwest of [[Nafpaktos]]. It covers an area of {{convert|98.6|km2|mi2}} with a maximum length of {{convert|19|km|mi}}. Its surface elevation is {{convert|15|m}} and its maximum depth is {{convert|58|m|ft}}.
One million years ago the lake was much larger and covered the central part of Aetolia-Acarnania, a part that is now a plain. The [[Panaitoliko (mountain range)|Panaitoliko]] mountains are situated to the north and northeast of the lake. The municipal units surrounding the lake are (from the east and clockwise) [[Thermo, Greece|Thermo]], [[Makryneia]], [[Arakynthos]], [[Thestieis]], and [[Paravola]]. Around the lake, there are beautiful forests with maples, pines, and other trees. The lake and its environs are home to more than 200 bird species. There are also farmland and various villages surrounding the area. The hydrocarbon lake ''Trichonida Lacus'' on the Saturnian moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] was named after this lake.<ref>{{cite web|work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS)|title=Trichonida Lacus|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15636|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|accessdate=2018-05-19}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Trichonida lake.jpg|Lake Trichonida. File:Trichonida.jpg|Myrtia, Trichonida. File:Lake Trichonida from the air.jpg|Trichonida and [[Lake Lysimachia|Lysimachia]] from the air. File:Η λιμνη Τριχωνιδα απο το χωριο Μυρτια.jpg|Lake Trichonida, view from Myrtia village. File:Lake Trixonida.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 02.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 03.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 05.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 06.jpg|View of landscape near Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 07.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 08.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 09.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. File:Lake trichonida 10.jpg|Partial view of Lake Trichonida. </gallery>
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==References== *{{Citation |url=http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/2/804 |title=Waveform Relocation and Focal Mechanism Analysis of an Earthquake Swarm in Trichonis Lake, Western Greece |journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |date=April 2008 |volume={{convert|98|km3|abbr=on}} |number=2 |pages=804–811 |doi=10.1785/0120070185 |accessdate=2011-11-05 |last1=Evangelidis |first1=C. P. |last2=Konstantinou |first2=K. I. |last3=Melis |first3=N. S. |last4=Charalambakis |first4=M. |last5=Stavrakakis |first5=G. N. |bibcode=2008BuSSA..98..804E |url-access=subscription }} {{Registration required | date=November 2011}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Lakes of Greece|Trichonida]] [[Category:Landforms of Western Greece]] [[Category:Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania]]
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