page_title: Maritsa
section_title: Tributaries
hierarchical_section_title: Maritsa / Tributaries
caption_attribution_description: Aralık Ayında Meriç Köprüsü ve Meriç Nehri, Akşamüstü
context_page_description: The Maritsa, Meriç or Evros is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km, it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans, and one of the largest in Europe by discharge. Its drainage area is about 53,000 km², of which 66.2% is in Bulgaria, 27.5% in Turkey and 6.3% in Greece. It is the main river of the historical region of Thrace, most of which lies in its drainage basin.
  It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey. East of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, the river flows eastwards, forming the border between Bulgaria and Greece, and then between Turkey and Greece. At Edirne, the river flows through Turkish territory on both banks, then turns towards the south and forms the border between Greece on the west bank and Turkey on the east bank to the Aegean Sea. Turkey was given a small sector on the west bank opposite the city of Edirne. The river enters the Aegean near Enez, where it forms a river delta. The Tundzha is its chief tributary; the Arda is another one.
context_section_description: Starting from the river's source, significant tributaries of Maritsa include:
  Left tributaries:
  Topolnitsa (flows into Maritsa near Pazardzhik)
  Luda Yana (near Ognyanovo)
  Stryama (near Sadovo)
  Sazliyka (near Simeonovgrad)
  Tundzha/Tunca (in Edirne)
  Ergene (near İpsala)
  Right tributaries:
  Chepinska reka (near Septemvri)
  Vacha (near Stamboliyski)
  Chepelarska reka (near Sadovo)
  Harmanliyska reka (near Harmanli)
  Arda/Ardas (near Edirne)
  Erythropotamos/Luda reka (near Didymoteicho)
caption: The Meriç River at Edirne
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