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Kopaïs (dry lake) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.0833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Former lake with extensive marshlands, located in N Boeotia; during several periods it was drained into the Euoboean sea by underground channels; was permanently drained & the land reclaimed for agriculture in the 19th cen. |
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| Kopaïs (preferred,C,V)
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| Kopais (C,V)
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| Topolia (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Copais (C,O)
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| Lake Copais (C,O)
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| Kopaḯs, Apoxiranthísa Límni (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Apoxiranthísa Límni Kopaḯs (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Copaïs, Lake (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kifisis (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kifissís (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kopaḯ, Límni (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kopaḯs, Lake (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lake Copaïs (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lake Kopaḯs (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Límni Kopaḯ (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Boeotia (regional division) (P) |
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Kopaïs (dry lake) (P) |
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| dry lake (preferred, C) |
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lake was drained in 1886 |
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