There is no Vjosa Illyrian name.... Shaban Demiraj is not RS, nor is aboutnames RS dont readd it, and River names are irrelevant, terms used in antiquity are used when relevant |
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Its source is in the [[Pindus]] mountains, in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=oG6GAAAAIAAJ&q=aoos+river+epirus&dq=aoos+river+epirus&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1980&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&hl=el&cd=10 Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?cd=3&hl=el&id=IjsbAAAAYAAJ&dq=aoos+river+epirus&q=aoos#search_anchor Epirus Vetus: the archaeology of a late antique province]</ref>, near the village [[Vovousa]]. An artificial lake has been constructed at an altitude of 1350<ref>[http://www.egnatia-ioanninon.gov.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&Itemid=216 Egnatia Municipality]</ref> metres, and there is a hydroelectric dam in place since 1987. It flows through the [[Vikos-Aoos National Park]], where it forms impressive canyons. It flows through [[Konitsa]], and enters Albania near [[Çarshovë]]. It continues northwest through [[Përmet]], [[Këlcyrë]], [[Tepelenë]], [[Memaliaj]], [[Selenicë]] and [[Novoselë]]. It flows into the [[Adriatic Sea]], northwest of [[Vlorë]]. |
Its source is in the [[Pindus]] mountains, in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=oG6GAAAAIAAJ&q=aoos+river+epirus&dq=aoos+river+epirus&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1980&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&hl=el&cd=10 Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?cd=3&hl=el&id=IjsbAAAAYAAJ&dq=aoos+river+epirus&q=aoos#search_anchor Epirus Vetus: the archaeology of a late antique province]</ref>, near the village [[Vovousa]]. An artificial lake has been constructed at an altitude of 1350<ref>[http://www.egnatia-ioanninon.gov.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&Itemid=216 Egnatia Municipality]</ref> metres, and there is a hydroelectric dam in place since 1987. It flows through the [[Vikos-Aoos National Park]], where it forms impressive canyons. It flows through [[Konitsa]], and enters Albania near [[Çarshovë]]. It continues northwest through [[Përmet]], [[Këlcyrë]], [[Tepelenë]], [[Memaliaj]], [[Selenicë]] and [[Novoselë]]. It flows into the [[Adriatic Sea]], northwest of [[Vlorë]]. |
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==Name== |
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Linguists include the name ''Vjosë'' between the [[Illyrian]] names and exclude it from Slavic geographical names in Albania. <ref>The origin of the Albanians: linguistically investigated By Shaban Demiraj p153, 154, and 155 [http://books.google.com/books?id=aXIbAQAAIAAJ&q=vjosa+name&dq=vjosa+name&cd=1]</ref> |
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==Human History== |
==Human History== |
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[[Hecataeus of Miletus|Hecataeus]] (550 - 476 BC) refers to the river as Aias ({{lang-el|Αίας, Αἴας}}). The name Anios ({{lang-el|Ἄνιος}}) is used by [[Plutarch]] in [[Parallel Lives|Caesar]]<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=aous-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)]</ref>, while [[Polybius]], [[Livy]] and [[Strabo]] use the term Aoos. The [[Thesprotian]] tribe of [[Parauaioi]] received their name from the river, as those living beside it. [[Pausanias]] writes of "sharks"<ref>Paus. 4.34,"But the rivers of Greece contain no terrors from wild beasts, for the sharks of the Aous, which flows through Thesprotia, are not river beasts but migrants from the sea."</ref> ({{lang-el|θηρία}}) in the river, as it flows through [[Thesprotia]]. It is mentioned as Auos ({{lang-el|Αύος}}) by [[Stephanus of Byzantium]]<ref>Ethnica Epitome,"Παρά τον Αύον ποταμόν"</ref> in the 6th century AD. |
[[Hecataeus of Miletus|Hecataeus]] (550 - 476 BC) refers to the river as Aias ({{lang-el|Αίας, Αἴας}}). The name Anios ({{lang-el|Ἄνιος}}) is used by [[Plutarch]] in [[Parallel Lives|Caesar]]<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=aous-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)]</ref>, while [[Polybius]], [[Livy]] and [[Strabo]] use the term Aoos. The [[Thesprotian]] tribe of [[Parauaioi]] received their name from the river, as those living beside it. [[Pausanias]] writes of "sharks"<ref>Paus. 4.34,"But the rivers of Greece contain no terrors from wild beasts, for the sharks of the Aous, which flows through Thesprotia, are not river beasts but migrants from the sea."</ref> ({{lang-el|θηρία}}) in the river, as it flows through [[Thesprotia]]. It is mentioned as Auos ({{lang-el|Αύος}}) by [[Stephanus of Byzantium]]<ref>Ethnica Epitome,"Παρά τον Αύον ποταμόν"</ref> in the 6th century AD. |
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In [[198 BC]], [[Philip V of Macedon]] and the Roman [[Titus Quinctius Flamininus]], clashed in the [[Battle of the Aous]]. At [[170 BC]]<ref>A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond,Frank William Walbank,1988,ISBN-0198148151,page 520</ref> a plot to kidnap [[Aulus Hostilius Mancinus]] was foiled by [[Molossia]]ns by mistake. There are some indications that a river harbour<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 329</ref> may have existed in |
In [[198 BC]], [[Philip V of Macedon]] and the Roman [[Titus Quinctius Flamininus]], clashed in the [[Battle of the Aous]]. At [[170 BC]]<ref>A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond,Frank William Walbank,1988,ISBN-0198148151,page 520</ref> a plot to kidnap [[Aulus Hostilius Mancinus]] was foiled by [[Molossia]]ns by mistake. There are some indications that a river harbour<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 329</ref> may have existed in Aoos. In antiquity the river passed more to the north{{cn}}, towards where [[Fier]] nowadays lies. Owing to an earthquake{{cn}} in the [[4th century AD]], it changed to the present course. This earthquake and river change were the main reasons that led to the decline of the ancient Greek city of [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]]. |
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==Albania== |
==Albania== |
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The hydropower potential of the river is being studied by the Albanian Government. Seven [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power plants]] along the Albanian part of the river would have 400 MW total capacity (2,155 GWh/year). The feasibility of the project is being studied.<ref>[http://www.energy-community.org/pls/portal/docs/36341.PDF]Project from Energy Community not-for-profit</ref> In February 2005 The Albanian Government approved a law, making the Vjose-Narte wetlands a protected area. This legislation followed Albania's ratification of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] in December 2004.<ref>[http://www.unep.org/dec/docs/env_albania.pdf] UN Environment Programme's website last retrieved 3/4/2010</ref> The river is known for its apport to the important irrigation canal Vjosë-Levan-Fier, a canal that was built in the 50's for the the irrigation of the [[Myzeqe]] low plains.<ref>[http://www.geonames.org/3183728/kanali-ujites-vjose-levan-fier.html?geoname=&classOption=&codeOption=&altitude=&population=0] View from Geonames website. </ref> |
The hydropower potential of the river is being studied by the Albanian Government. Seven [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power plants]] along the Albanian part of the river would have 400 MW total capacity (2,155 GWh/year). The feasibility of the project is being studied.<ref>[http://www.energy-community.org/pls/portal/docs/36341.PDF]Project from Energy Community not-for-profit</ref> In February 2005 The Albanian Government approved a law, making the Vjose-Narte wetlands a protected area. This legislation followed Albania's ratification of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] in December 2004.<ref>[http://www.unep.org/dec/docs/env_albania.pdf] UN Environment Programme's website last retrieved 3/4/2010</ref> The river is known for its apport to the important irrigation canal Vjosë-Levan-Fier, a canal that was built in the 50's for the the irrigation of the [[Myzeqe]] low plains.<ref>[http://www.geonames.org/3183728/kanali-ujites-vjose-levan-fier.html?geoname=&classOption=&codeOption=&altitude=&population=0] View from Geonames website. </ref> |
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''Vjosa'' is a very common [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[given name]] for females. |
''Vjosa'' is a very common{{cn} [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[given name]] for females. |
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==Greece== |
==Greece== |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Adriatic Sea 40°38′34″N 19°19′2″E / 40.64278°N 19.31722°E |
Length | 272 kilometres (169 mi) |
Vjosë (Albanian: Vjosë, Vjosa) or the Aoos or Aous, (Greek: Αώος, Ἄωος, Ἀῶος, Ἀῷος, Latin: Aous) or is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania. It is also known as Vovousa (Greek: Βοβούσα)[1] or Aias (Greek: Αίας, Αἴας)[2].
Its total length is about 272 kilometres (169 mi), of which 192 kilometres (119 mi) are in Albania and 80 kilometres (50 mi) are in Greece.
Its source is in the Pindus mountains, in Epirus[3][4], near the village Vovousa. An artificial lake has been constructed at an altitude of 1350[5] metres, and there is a hydroelectric dam in place since 1987. It flows through the Vikos-Aoos National Park, where it forms impressive canyons. It flows through Konitsa, and enters Albania near Çarshovë. It continues northwest through Përmet, Këlcyrë, Tepelenë, Memaliaj, Selenicë and Novoselë. It flows into the Adriatic Sea, northwest of Vlorë.
Human History
Hecataeus (550 - 476 BC) refers to the river as Aias (Greek: Αίας, Αἴας). The name Anios (Greek: Ἄνιος) is used by Plutarch in Caesar[6], while Polybius, Livy and Strabo use the term Aoos. The Thesprotian tribe of Parauaioi received their name from the river, as those living beside it. Pausanias writes of "sharks"[7] (Greek: θηρία) in the river, as it flows through Thesprotia. It is mentioned as Auos (Greek: Αύος) by Stephanus of Byzantium[8] in the 6th century AD.
In 198 BC, Philip V of Macedon and the Roman Titus Quinctius Flamininus, clashed in the Battle of the Aous. At 170 BC[9] a plot to kidnap Aulus Hostilius Mancinus was foiled by Molossians by mistake. There are some indications that a river harbour[10] may have existed in Aoos. In antiquity the river passed more to the north[citation needed], towards where Fier nowadays lies. Owing to an earthquake[citation needed] in the 4th century AD, it changed to the present course. This earthquake and river change were the main reasons that led to the decline of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia.
Albania
The hydropower potential of the river is being studied by the Albanian Government. Seven hydroelectric power plants along the Albanian part of the river would have 400 MW total capacity (2,155 GWh/year). The feasibility of the project is being studied.[11] In February 2005 The Albanian Government approved a law, making the Vjose-Narte wetlands a protected area. This legislation followed Albania's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in December 2004.[12] The river is known for its apport to the important irrigation canal Vjosë-Levan-Fier, a canal that was built in the 50's for the the irrigation of the Myzeqe low plains.[13]
Vjosa is a very common{{cn} Albanian given name for females.
Greece
The Vikos-Aoos National Park (Greek: Εθνικός Δρυμός Βίκου-Αώου Ethnikós Drymós Víkou-Aóou), founded in 1973 is a national park in the periphery of Epirus in northwestern Greece. The national park encompasses 126 square kilometres (31,135 acres) of mountainous terrain, with numerous rivers, lakes, caves, deep canyons and dense coniferous and deciduous forest. The core of the park (3400 hectares)[14] is the spectacular Vikos Gorge, carved by the Voidomatis river, while Aoos gorge, mount Tymfi, with its highest peak Gamila 2,497 metres (8,192 ft) and a number of traditionally preserved settlements form the park's peripheral zone.
See also
- Battle of the Aous
- List of rivers of Albania
- List of rivers of Europe
- List of rivers of Greece
- Vikos-Aoos National Park
References
- ^ Λαμπρίδης Ιωάννης "Ζαγοριακά", Τυπογραφείον Αυγής, Αθήνα, 1870
- ^ Λαμπρίδης Ιωάννης "Ζαγοριακά", Τυπογραφείον Αυγής, Αθήνα, 1870
- ^ Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica
- ^ Epirus Vetus: the archaeology of a late antique province
- ^ Egnatia Municipality
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
- ^ Paus. 4.34,"But the rivers of Greece contain no terrors from wild beasts, for the sharks of the Aous, which flows through Thesprotia, are not river beasts but migrants from the sea."
- ^ Ethnica Epitome,"Παρά τον Αύον ποταμόν"
- ^ A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond,Frank William Walbank,1988,ISBN-0198148151,page 520
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 329
- ^ [1]Project from Energy Community not-for-profit
- ^ [2] UN Environment Programme's website last retrieved 3/4/2010
- ^ [3] View from Geonames website.
- ^ Trakolis: p. 3