OLYMPIODORUS, In Aristotelis meteora commentaria 121.4n-7 (ed. Stuve)

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Hello friends,

I’m trying to understand the gist of this passage and I believe it has something to do with (EDITED) discussing the geography and tributaries of the Acheloios?

OLYMPIODORUS, In Aristotelis meteora commentaria 121.4n-7 (ed. Stuve)

Οὗτος γὰρ πολλαχῇ τὸ ῥεῦμα μεταβέβληκε.

Καὶ γὰρ ἀναποθεῖσα <κατὰ> τρεῖς τόπους ἀνέφυ οὐκ ἐκ διαστήματος τὴν
ἀνάποσιν καὶ τὴν ἔκφανσιν ποιησαμένους. διὸ καὶ ἐφύλαξε τὸ ὄνομα·
ἕκαστον γὰρ μέρος Ἀχελώιον καλοῦσι.

Am I on the right track in terms of understanding the essentials?

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The part in Aristotle, Meteorologica 1.13 (ed. Webster)

“Of the rivers in the Greek world, the Achelous flows from Pindus, the Inachus from the same mountain; the Strymon, the Nestus, and the Hebrus all three from Scombrus.”

Now for my attempt at translating Olympiodorus:

This from many places the stream changes course:

(It is) absorbed downward in three places producing not far away (from where it was ) swallowed up the other manifestations. Wherefore the name for each portion is preserved but will/should be called the Achelous.

While I know my translation is awful, I’m assuming the major themes here allude to the location of the Achelous and geographic aspects, but not Acheloios as an ultimate source of water.

Any help appreciated.