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Prefectures of Crete
Chania Prefecture
Municipality of ChaniaMunicipality of ApokoronasMunicipality of PlataniasMunicipality of KissamosMunicipality of Kandanos - SelinosMunicipality of GavdosMunicipality of Sfakia
Rethymnon Prefecture
Municipality of RethymnonMunicipality of MylopotamosMunicipality of AmariMunicipality of Agios VasiliosMunicipality of Anogia
Heraklion Prefecture
Municipality of HeraklionMunicipality of MaleviziMunicipality of Archanon - AsterousionMunicipality of FestosMunicipality of GortynaMunicipality of ChersonissosMunicipality of Minoa PediadosMunicipality of Viannos
Lassithi Prefecture
Municipality of MirampeloMunicipality of SitiaMunicipality of IerapetraMunicipality of Oropedio
Category: LakesRegion: Heraklion Prefecture
Amourgeles Dam Lake
Amourgeles dam is situated at an altitude of 300m, 30km south of Heraklion and 1km south of Amourgeles. With 150 acres, is one of the major dams in the Arkalochori.
Armanogia dam Lake
Armanogia is a small village located at an altitude of 380 m and 38 km south of Heraklion. Next to the village, in 2004, a small dam was built. The lake of the dam covers an area of 120 acres.
Faneromeni Lake
The dam of Faneromeni is located 7 km west of the village Zaros and about 7 km north of Tympaki. It is located in a verdant valley at the southern foot of Psiloritis Mount. The artificial lake covers an area of approximately 1000 acres.
Ini - Mahera Dam Lake
The dam of Ini – Mahera, was constructed in 2004 and is located 38km south of Heraklion and next to Mahera and Ini villages.
Karavados dam Lake
The small dam of Karavados is located 1km south of the village Karavados, next to the road leading from Skinias to Viannos. It is fueled by the tributary of Baritis River, which later joins the Anapodaris River.
Kera dam
300m southeast of Ini there is another is a small dam. The old dam of Kera, as it is called, is located next to the picturesque church of Panagia Kera and the cavernous spring of Zoodochos Pigi. The lake is formed among cypresses, while some meters away f
Livada pond Thrapsano
The pond of Livada is located at the homonym position 1km north of the village Thrapsano. The small lake covers only 21 acres, but is an important wetland, where more than 130 species of birds have been met.
Partira Dam Lake
The dam of Partira is situated 32km south of the city of Heraklion and west of the village Partira at an altitude of 300m. Its construction was completed in 2000.
Skinias Lake
The artificial lake of Skinias is located 1km north of Skinias village, beside the River Baritis, from where it gets supplied with water. The lake was constructed in order to irrigate the local land.
Zaros Lake or Votomos Lake
The artificial lake of Zaros or Votomos located on the southern slopes of Psiloritis, just 1km north of Zaros and 45km southwest of Iraklion. It took its current form in 1987, when the Forest Service created an artificial lake where the spring water is st
Prefectures of Crete
