Lake Yliki

Lake Yliki ( 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 or (Barbus carottae) formerly classified as (Luciobarbus graecus)
• Greek stickleback or (Pungitius hellenicus)
• marathon minnow (Pelasgus marathonicus)
• Beotian riffle dace or (Telestes beoticus)
• Greek rudd or (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

• List of lakes in Greece

References

External links