Lake Trichonida

Lake Trichonida spreads beneath the Panaitoliko mountains in the ancient country of Aetolia. Nearly twenty kilometres long, it is the largest natural lake in Greece, with deep waters surrounded by farmland, villages and wooded slopes. Pines and maples grow around its shores, and many kinds of birds inhabit the lake and its surroundings. Long ago the water covered a much wider area, including land that has since become part of the neighbouring plain.