What is "gorgopotamos"

Gorgopotamos is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located 8 km southwest of Lamia and 34 km north of Amfissa. In 2001 its population was 443 for the village and 4,510 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Moschochori. It is named after the river Gorgopotamos which flows through the municipal unit (its name means in Greek "the rushing river"). The Oiti mountains, a national park, lie to the southwest. The northeastern part of the municipal unit lies in the wide and flat Spercheios valley. The municipal unit of Gorgopotamos borders Lamia to the north and Phocis to the southwest.

The Gorgopotamos (, "the rushing river") is a river in the southern part of Phthiotis, Central Greece, Greece not far from the border with Phocis. The river is host to the Ellinopygosteos fish ( Pungitius hellenicus).

Gorgopotamos ( meaning the rushing river), may refer to:

• Gorgopotamos, a village, a municipality and a historic bridge in Phthiotis, Greece
• Gorgopotamos (river), a river in Phthiotis, Greece
• Gorgopotamos, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece