Thyamis

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For persons named Thyamis, see Thyamis (mythology).

Thyamos or Kalamis
Origin	Erymanthos Ranges in the Achaia and Ilia prefectures
Length	approximately 100 km
Mouth elevation	Ionian Sea
Basin area	Ionian Sea

The Thyamis is a river in the Epirus region of Greece, which is also known as the Kalamas River. It flows into the Ionian Sea. The name of the Cham Albanians and of Chameria derives from Thyamis, a Greek hydronym.

Some Renaissance scholars believed that the English River Thames owed its name to the River Thyamis, as early Celtic tribes are thought to have migrated from the Epirus region to England. While this belief influenced the modern spelling of the English river's name, it is no longer regarded as credible.

[edit] Geography

The river begins in the mountains next to the Albanian border. It flows east of Delvinaki, underneath the GR-28/E852. The future Ionia Odos (GR-5). The river enters a forested area. Within the river is the GR-6, the old highway connecting Igoumenitsa, Ioannina and Larissa in Thessaly. The river enters an area filled with some gorges along with south of Filiates and under the GR-19, it empties into the Ionian sea between Igoumenitsa and Sagiada or the closest proxomity with the Albanian border