The Diarizos River is a river in Cyprus, in the Limassol and Paphos Districts in the southwest of the island. From its source in the Troodos massif, it runs southward to the Arminou Dam.
The Diarizos River forms the extreme western terminus of the Southern Conveyor Project (SCP), a water transfer network that spans southern Cyprus to redistribute the island's scarce renewable fresh water to high-demand areas. A major piece of the SCP infrastructure is the 14.5 km-long (9.0 mi) Diarizos Diversion System, an underground pipeline that diverts water from the Diarizos at the Arminou reservoir to Lake Alassa, a reservoir formed by the Kouris Dam. The Diarizos Diversion System was completed in 1999.
Near the town of Agios Nikolaos, the Diarizos is crossed by the Tzelefos Bridge (also called Barbaros), the largest medieval bridge in Cyprus. The bridge was built to connect the western villages of Milikouri, Vretsia, and Ayios Ioannisto to the eastern settlements of Agios Nikolaos, Kaminaria, and Tris Elies, and was a location for eel fishing during heavy seasonal floods. Downriver from the Tzelefos Bridge, the Diarizos passes through the village of Arminou, where it is dammed to create a reservoir.
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See also Geography of Cyprus