Axios River

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The Axios River is a major river in the Balkans that flows through North Macedonia into northern Greece, where it empties into the Aegean Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Axios River canonical 6
Axios River delta 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
alternativeName Vardar River
surface form: Vardar

Vardar River
basinArea approximately 23,000 square kilometres
approximately 8,900 square miles
basinCountry Greece
North Macedonia
continent Europe
country Greece
North Macedonia
deltaLocatedIn northern Aegean Sea
dischargesInto Aegean Sea
drainageBasin Aegean Sea region
surface form: Aegean Sea drainage basin
economicUse fishing
hydroelectric power
irrigation
emptiesInto Aegean Sea
flowsDirection generally northwest-to-southeast
flowsThrough Greece
North Macedonia
formsValley Vardar Valley
hasEstuary Axios River delta
hasTributary Bregalnica River
Crna River
Treska River
historicalName Axios
importance major transportation corridor in the Balkans
length approximately 241 miles
approximately 388 kilometres
locatedIn Balkans
Vardar Valley
surface form: North Macedonia–Greece transboundary river system
majorCityOnRiver Gevgelija
Skopje
Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki

Veles
modernName Vardar River
surface form: Vardar
mouth Aegean Sea
mouthCountry Greece
nearbyProtectedArea Axios–Loudias–Aliakmonas National Park
partOf Aegean Sea
surface form: Aegean Sea basin
passesNear Skopje
Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki
region Central Macedonia
sourceCountry North Macedonia
tributaryOf Aegean Sea

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macedonia (Greece) containsRiver Axios River
Northern Greece containsRiver Axios River
Giannitsa locatedNear Axios River
Thessaloniki (regional unit) contains Axios River
this entity surface form: Axios River delta
Kilkis (regional unit) contains Axios River
Bottiaea traversedBy Axios River
Thermaic Gulf isEastOf Axios River