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Katarraktis (Καταρράκτης) waterfall (87 m / 285 ft), in the Tzumerka mountains.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 04.07.1988.
Face value: 10 Greec drachma. 
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 700,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Karamitsos No. 1800.
- Michel No. 1692.
- StampWorld No. 1674.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1791a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1675.

At the roots of the Athamanika Mountain peaks there are two impressive twin waterfalls, near the village of Kryopigi, which belongs to the village of Katarraktis on the western slopes of Tzoumerka. The earliest name of the village of Katarraktis, until 1927, was Shoretsena. They are at an altitude of 1,360 meters and are among the highest waterfalls in Greece.

The northern waterfall is more fast-flowing and has a height of 87 m, while the southern one reaches 100 m. On top of them stand the northwest ridges of Tzoumerka, thus creating a magnificent scenery. The waters of the mountain end after a series of steep drops of about 10 kilometers in the course of the Arachthos River.