Pineiós River

Pineiós River, principal stream of Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía), Greece, rising in the Óros (mountains) Lákmos of the Pindus (Píndos) Mountains just east of Métsovon in the nomós (department) of Tríkala; it is navigable in its lower course. In prehistoric times the Pineiós formed a great lake before it broke through the Vale of Tempe. It now flows 127 mi (205 km) through the mountains and plains of Thessaly, thrusting itself through the Vale of Tempe between the Olympus (Ólympos) and Ossa (Kíssavos or Óssa) massifs and emptying at the entrance to the Gulf of Thérmai (Thermaïkós) of the western Aegean Sea. Entering the western Thessalian plain, it receives the Enipévs and immediately winds through the saddle of low hills between the Zarkou Mountains on the north and the Mavrovoúni outliers that divide the Thessalian plain into two distinct parts. Other tributaries include the Lithaíos and the Titarísios.