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Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...
The river takes its source at an altitude of 1,743 m in the Batak Mountain of western Rhodope mountain range, 1.3 km west of the Kartela locality on the road between the towns of Batak and Dospat. Until the town of Peshtera it flows in a north-northeastern direction in a deep, at places canyon-like, valley which widens only in the area around ...
The river takes its source at an altitude of 403 m in the Chirpan Heights, at 2.7 km northwest of the village of Vinarovo. It flows in southeastern direction through the Upper Thracian Plain in a wide shallow valley. The Martinka flows into the Maritsa at an altitude of 87 m at 2.4 km southeast of the village of Brod. [1]
Articles relating to the river Maritsa (also known as Meriç and Evros) and its history. It is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe by discharge.
The medieval Dyavolski most arch bridge crosses the river 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Ardino. The three floods of February 18, 2005, when the water level was at 4.8 metres (16 ft), March 1 and March 7, 2005, flooded the low-lying areas, especially the Kastanies area which turned into a lagoon.
Video posted to social media shows a swollen river in the eastern Kentucky community of Virgie. The post notes: "The creek is usually 40-45 feet wide. Right now it’s probably 125 feet wide at least.
During the period of 12 January and February 2021, the rivers Erythropotamos (Greek: Ερυθροπόταμος) and Evros (Greek: Έβρος) also known as Maritsa (Bulgarian: Марица, Turkish: Meriç) overflowed twice because of heavy rainstorms resulting in severe floods of the areas around the rivers, that led to 1 death [1] and serious damages to private and public property.
The Potoka (Bulgarian: Потока) is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa, with a length of 56 km. [1]. The river takes its source from a spring at an altitude of 447 m at the southern foothills of Sredna Gora mountain range, located near the road between the villages of Smilets and Svoboda.