Pinios (Peneus) River (Central Greece): Hydrological — Geomorphological elements and changes during the quaternary

Abstract

Abstract:The Pinios River is the third longest river of Greece. It drains the entire drainage basin of Thessaly (eastern part of Central Greece), part of which is the largest plain of the country. In this research the hydrological, geomorphological and geological characteristics of the riverine area of Pinios were studied. Classification and grouping of these characteristics were then carried out, which led to the segmentation of the Pinios River into seven sections, each one with its own set of thematic data. These sets assign separate functions and evolutions of the river system during the Quaternary. Specifically, the basin of the present Pinios River, before its evolution into a river basin, comprised three separate and independent systems. The present Pinios River emerged as a river system from the merging of the lacustrine paleoenvironments along with the major tributaries that drained large parts of the present hydrological basin and as soon as the karstic openings of the central hill valley and the Tempi valley took place during the Quaternary. The followed methodology for the segmentation of the river can be used for the study of heterogeneous river systems.

Neotectonic interpretations and PS-InSAR monitoring of crustal deformations in the Fujian area of China

“…Geomorphic evidence for fault activity includes offset ridges, offset drainage, displaced beds, and displaced alluvial fans [29][30][31]. Satellite and field observations have confirmed that these features are indicative of geological structures.…”

Engineering-geological conditions of the formations in the Western Thessaly basin, Greece

“…These are the hilly-mountainous region, with an absolute altitude ranging from 200 m up to more than 2,000 m and the lowland region, with an absolute altitude up to 200 m. These areas occupy 62.12 % and 37.88 % of the overall area, respectively. The hydrographic network is well developed with a significant surface runoff [28,29].…”

“…Thessaly is the most intensely cultivated and productive agricultural plain in Greece, mainly crossed by the Pinios River and surrounded by high mountains [29]. This plain is subdivided by a group of hills into two hydrogeological basins, the Western (Trikala-Karditsa plain) and the Eastern (Larisa plain) [28].…”

“…The Province of Thessaly is located in Central Greece and it comprises the most extensive smooth-relief area in the Greece [28]. Thessaly is the most intensely cultivated and productive agricultural plain in Greece, mainly crossed by the Pinios River and surrounded by high mountains [29].…”

Long term and seasonal ground deformation monitoring of Larissa Plain (Central Greece) by persistent scattering interferometry

“…Thessaly's total area is about 14.036 km 2 . The Pinios Internally, the plain is divided by a low-lying hill area into a western part (Trikala-Karditsa) and an eastern part (Larissa) [1]. Summers in Thessaly are usually very hot and dry.…”