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rivers drain into it; for this reason it is warmer and less salty than the Ionian, and a current flows from the gulf into the sea. It is rich in
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The entrance to the gulf is through a 700 m (2,297 ft)-wide channel between Aktio (ancient
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located near its shores. Its alternative name comes from the medieval (and modern) city of
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Detailed map of the Ambracian Gulf, drawn by W. J. Cooling of the British Admiralty in 1830
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Since 2002, the northern and southern sides at the mouth of the gulf are connected by the
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connects the two. The gulf is quite shallow, and its northern shore is broken by numerous
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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James Wolfe, "Observations on the Gulf of Arta, Made in 1830"
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The remains of numerous ancient cities lie on its shores:
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Preveza Weather Station SV6GMQ - Live Weather Conditions
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
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Cambridge University Press. 38: 688: 401: 326:, and in some official documents as the 462:The Ambracian Gulf was the site of the 14: 722: 549:The Ambracian gulf is one site in the 107: 77: 745:Landforms of Preveza (regional unit) 557:to combat climate change and enrich 24: 553:'life transfer' project restoring 450:, and is also very famous for the 25: 771: 707: 563: 230:654 km (253 sq mi) 676: 106: 99: 76: 69: 55: 426:, large parts of which form an 755:Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania 631: 617: 589: 500:Treaty of Constantinople, 1832 13: 1: 582: 570:Aktio-Preveza Undersea Tunnel 452:local variety of large shrimp 750:Landforms of Epirus (region) 574:Aktion International Airport 397: 374:(formerly Karvassaras), and 7: 760:Landforms of Western Greece 470:' forces defeated those of 346: 10: 776: 656: 544: 457: 306:not a well-defined measure 604:Sites Information Service 508:Treaty of Bucharest, 1913 335: 303: 299: 295: 287: 279: 271: 262: 258: 250: 242: 234: 226: 222: 209: 195: 180: 168: 129: 90:Show map of Greece Epirus 63: 54: 39: 37: 32: 364:National Parks of Greece 735:Gulfs of the Ionian Sea 699:Encyclopædia Britannica 381: 254:40 km (25 mi) 246:60 m (200 ft) 740:Ramsar sites in Greece 716:(in English and Greek) 407: 238:22 m (72 ft) 405: 153:38.97250°N 20.96917°E 488:Hayreddin Barbarossa 318:, also known as the 436:Arachthos (or Arta) 414:) on the south and 378:lie on its shores. 149: /  420:recent road tunnel 408: 288:Reference no. 158:38.97250; 20.96917 120:Show map of Greece 597:"Amvrakikos gulf" 512:Kingdom of Greece 504:Second Balkan War 480:Battle of Preveza 347:Amvrakikos kolpos 344: 336:Αμβρακικός κόλπος 312: 311: 40:Αμβρακικός κόλπος 16:(Redirected from 767: 703: 682: 680: 679: 650: 649: 647: 646: 635: 629: 628: 621: 615: 614: 612: 610: 593: 555:seagrass meadows 464:Battle of Actium 418:on the north; a 358:in northwestern 349: 339: 337: 304:Shore length is 199: 164: 163: 161: 160: 159: 154: 150: 147: 146: 145: 142: 132: 121: 110: 109: 103: 91: 80: 79: 73: 59: 50: 42: 41: 30: 29: 21: 18:Gulf of Ambracia 775: 774: 770: 769: 768: 766: 765: 764: 730:Gulfs of Greece 720: 719: 710: 692:, ed. 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Gulf of Ambracia
Greek
Space Shuttle in November 1994.
Ambracian Gulf is located in Greece Epirus
Ambracian Gulf is located in Greece
38°58′21″N 20°58′09″E / 38.97250°N 20.96917°E / 38.97250; 20.96917
Type
gulf
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean
Primary inflows
Arachthos
Basin
Greece
Ramsar Wetland
not a well-defined measure
Greek
romanized
gulf
Ionian Sea
Greece
National Parks of Greece
Preveza
Amphilochia
Vonitsa
Ambracia
Arta

Actium
Preveza

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