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40: 56: 63: 284:. It is the second largest lake in the country at 12 miles (19 km) length and 6 or 8 miles (9.7 or 12.9 km) width. The area is 68 km² and the depth is 20 m. It is located east of 574: 98: 39: 300: 584: 295:
Roman road runs along the northern shore of the lake, while a more ancient road ran along its southern one. On its east is the narrow valley of
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in their name, situated along the lake. It is not known exactly if any of these modern towns correspond to the site of ancient Bolbos.
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Rumeli-i Şahane Haritası, Harvard Map Collection, Ottoman Empire Series, Index Map, 1:210,000 Scale, c. 1901/1902,
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Ottoman Turkish forces, led by Yusuf bey, killed hundreds of Greek inhabitants by drowning in the lake during the
417: 569: 346:. The name of the stream is not mentioned in the description, but it is evidently the Erechios (Romanized as 444: 296: 304: 360:. Among the smaller streams flowing into the lake, Ammites and Olynthiakos are also mentioned. The 343: 541: 497: 474: 449: 216: 523: 175: 339: 410: 390: 261: 140: 130: 563: 356: 285: 373: 292: 179: 369: 335: 327: 273: 431:) located near the lake. Today, there are two towns (villages) incorporating 113: 100: 528: 511: 351: 17: 320: 308: 342:
by means of a stream flowing through the pass once known as Aulon or
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About a million years ago, Lake Volvi, Lake Koroneia and the entire
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http://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:4952983$ 19i
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was the name of a lake in Mygdonia, located near the
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Bolbe Lake

Location of Lake Volvi in Greece.
Thessaloniki regional unit
40°40′54″N 23°28′02″E / 40.68167°N 23.46722°E / 40.68167; 23.46722
Catchment area
Basin
km
sq mi
Ramsar Wetland
Greek
Chalkidiki
Thessaloniki regional unit
Greece
Lake Koroneia
Via Egnatia
Rentina
municipalities
Volvi
Langadas
Mygdonia
Thucydides
Aegean Sea
Strymon Gulf
Arethusa
Procopius'
De aedificiis
perch
gastronomic
Archestratus

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