Acheron
river of northwest Greece
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Summary
Acheron is a river[1]. Acheron ranks in the top 0.23% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,867 views/month, #31 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Parga Municipality[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Commons category: Acheron[5]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Ionian Sea[6]
- Coordinate location: 39.236111111111, 20.476111111111[7], 39.472, 20.6775[8], 39.2363, 20.4757[9]
- Located in/on physical feature: Epirus[10]
- Tributary: Cocytus[11]
- Category for the water basin: Q65765680[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939[14], Pauly–Wissowa[15], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The Encyclopedia Americana[20], The New Student's Reference Work[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Partially coincident with: Acheron[23]
- Native label: Αχέροντας[24], Αχέρων[25]
- Length: 58[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 11[27]
- Watershed area: 763[28]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Acheron include Acherontia atropos[29], a taxon[30]; Nekromanteion of Acheron[31], a Necromanteion[32], in Greece[33]; and Acheron[34], a mythical river[35], in Greece[36].
Why It Matters
Acheron has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Acheron is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Acheron include Acherontia atropos[29], a taxon[30]; Nekromanteion of Acheron[31], a Necromanteion[32], in Greece[33]; and Acheron[34], a mythical river[35], in Greece[36].