Photo: Iraklis Apergis · CC BY-SA 4.0Mavrouda is a former lake near the village of the same name, in the municipality of Volvi east of Thessaloniki, in the Langadas lowlands. It was drained for farmland, and studies in the 1990s looked at bringing the wetland back. Birdwatchers still record a wetland at Mavrouda.
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Lake Volvi, close by, is the place to go for birds and walks.
Nearby lakes
Show on mapPhoto: Iraklis Apergis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Christaras A · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Eimaiokanenas · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sources & data
- Greece's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Greece, 2022
- Restoration perspectives of former lake Mavrouda (1993), Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre
- Hydraulic study for the restoration of former Lake Mavrouda (1998), Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre