The Malia Coastal aquifer

 

Malia (Greek: Μάλια) is a coastal town and a former municipality in the northeast corner of the Heraklion regional unit in Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Hersonissos, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies 34 kilometres (21 miles) east of Heraklion, the Cretan capital city. The town (pop. 3,224 in 2011) was the seat of the municipality of Mália (pop. 5,433). The municipal unit also includes the villages of Mochos (Greek: Μοχός) (825), Krasi (Greek: Κράσι) (147), and Stalida (Greek: Σταλίδα) (1,237), and has a total land area of 60.720 square kilometres (23.444 sq mi). The town is a tourist attraction, primarily for its significant archaeological site and nightlife. The Minoan town ruins lie three km east of the site and cover an area of approximately 1 square kilometre (0.4 sq mi). The original name for the town is not known.

 

References

 

Karatzas P., Dokou Z., (2015) OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF SALTWATER INTRUSION IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF MALIA, CRETE (GREECE), USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION. Hydrogeology Journal (2015) 23: 1181–1194

 

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