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The Struma (Bulgarian: Струма, Greek: Strimonis, Turkish: Karasu (meaning "black water" in Turkish)) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymon.

The Struma rises in the Vitosha Mountains of Bulgaria and flows about 400 kilometers south to the Aegean Sea. The valley is a coal-producing area of Bulgaria.

The ancient Greek city of Amphipolis was founded at the river's entrance to the Aegean, and the Battle of Kleidion was fought by the river in 1014.

Categories: Bulgarian rivers

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Struma River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (255 words)
	The Struma or Strymónas (Bulgarian: Струма, IPA /'struma/, Greek: Στρυμόνας /stri'monas/) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.
	The river valley is a coal-producing area of Bulgaria.
	The Ancient Greek city of Amphipolis was founded at the river's entrance to the Aegean, and the Battle of Kleidion was fought by the river in 1014.

Dragovištica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (450 words)
	The river belongs to the Aegean Sea drainage basin and is not navigable.
	From the village of Božica on the river is known as the Božička reka ("river of Božica").
	The river flows through the southern slopes of the Zemenska planina mountain and through the dual village of Dragovishtitsa (consisting of two villages, Perivol on the right bank and Yamborano on the left bank of the river).

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