Gialias
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| name = Gialias
{{lang|el|Γιαλιάς}} {{in lang|el}}{{*}}{{lang|tr|Çakıllı Dere/Yalya Deresi}} {{in lang|tr}}
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Cyprus
| source1_location = Troodos Mountains
| mouth_location = Famagusta Bay
| length_km = 88
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The Gialias (also Yialias; {{lang|el|Γιαλιάς}}, {{lang|tr|Çakıllı Dere/Yalya Deresi}}) is the second longest river in Cyprus. It has a length of {{convert|88|km|mi|abbr=on}}, river originating in the Troodos Mountains and Mesaoria. In its course passes through the valley of Mesaoria and flows into Famagusta Bay. Its depth reaches up to 9 meters.
In 1952, the Pano Lythrodonta dam with a capacity of 32,000 m3 and a height of 10 meters was built in Gialias.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishingcy.com/gr/htmldocs/damsofcyprus.html|title=Φράγματα της Κύπρου|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331072524/http://www.fishingcy.com/gr/htmldocs/damsofcyprus.html |archivedate=31 March 2009|date=28 December 2008}}
Folk tradition
There are many folk traditions associated with Gialias. In the village of Nisou in the Nicosia District, it is believed that it was once divided into two to be reunited at another point, where an island was created where the name of the village comes from.Κοινοτικό συμβούλιο Πέρα χωριού και Νήσου, [http://www.perachorio-nissou.org.cy/ta_dyo_choria.htm Ιστορία των χωριών], ανακτήθηκε 28/12/2008 Another tradition says that in the area of the village of Assia, Pedieos and Gialias were united, the countess of the area decided to separate them and bring the riverbed next to the village, to its current riverbed.[http://www.kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/assia/history.html Ιστορία] της Άσσιας, ανακτήθηκε 28/12/2008
See also
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Category:Bodies of water of Northern Cyprus
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