Hylica Lacus
Lake Yliki (Greek: Υλίκη Yliki, Ancient Greek: Ὑλίκη Hylike, Latinised as Hylica) is a large natural lake of Boeotia, central Greece. Situated 8 km north of Thebes at 78 m elevation, it has been an important source of drinking water for the Athens agglomeration since 1958. It is surrounded by low mountains, which separate it from the drained Lake Copais.
Wildlife
The lake is home to several threatened endemic or near-endemic fish species: (IUCN Red List status shown)
- Yliki barbel (Barbus carottae) formerly classified as skarouni (Luciobarbus graecus)
- Greek stickleback or ellinopygósteos (Pungitius hellenicus)
- marathon minnow (Pelasgus marathonicus)
- Beotian riffle dace or paskóviza (Telestes beoticus)
- Greek rudd or kalamithra (Scardinius graecus)
- Yliki roach (Leucos ylikiensis)
In popular culture
Some scenes of French-singer Indila's music video "S.O.S" were filmed at the lake.
See also
References
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Boeotia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 413.
- ^ EYDAP brochure
- ^ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World, Aegean Drainages". FEOW.
- ^ "Indila:Μια Γαλλίδα σταρ στη Χαλκίδα". 10 July 2014.
External links
Media related to Lake Yliki at Wikimedia Commons
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