Lake Yliki

Lake Yliki (Greek: Υλίκη Yliki, Ancient Greek: Ὑλίκη Hylike, Latinised as Hylica^[1]) 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.^[2] It is surrounded by low mountains, which separate it from the drained Lake Copais.

Lake Yliki Υλίκη
partial view of Lake Yliki, north of Thiva, Greece.
Lake Yliki Υλίκη
Location	Central Greece
Coordinates	38°24′N 23°16′E
Primary inflows	Cephissus
Basin countries	Greece
Surface area	19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Surface elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Islands	10

Wildlife

The lake is home to several threatened endemic or near-endemic fish species:^[3] (IUCN Red List status shown)

• Yliki barbel or skarouni (Barbus carottae) formerly classified as (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.^[4]

See also

• List of lakes in Greece