The Acheloos delta forms the Messolongi lagoon complex, which is listed as a Ramsar site. If the diversion is completed, it will suffer a critical reduction in freshwater input and its character will be drastically changed.
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The Acheloos River rises in the Pindos Mountains in the centre of Greece. -
The Acheloos delta forms the Messolongi lagoon complex, which is listed as a... -
The wetland habitat is included in the national NATURA 2000 list and is of... -
Much of the southern Pindos and neighbouring habitats are accepted as being... -
This system of dams, reservoirs and tunnels is designed to take 600 million...