Maritsa River
The Maritsa, known in Greek as the Evros and in Turkish as the Meriç, is a river that runs through the region of Thrace, in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km, it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe by discharge.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Balkans
- Also known as: “Euros”, “Evras”, “Ewros-Fluss”, “Hèbre”, “Hebro”, “Hebros”, “Hevres”, “Hevros”, “Maritsa”, “Marizza”, “Meric”, “Meriç Irmağı”, “Meric Nehri”, “Méritch”, “Rio Evros”, “Rio Marica”, “Río Marica”, “Rio Maritza”, “Río Maritza”, “Riu Maritza”, “River Maritza”, “Εβρος”, “Μαρίτσα”, “Гебр”, “Еврос”, “Маріца”, “Река Марица”, “Хеброс”, “Хебър”, “Э́врос”, “אוורוס”, “מאריצה”, “מריץ‘”, “נהר המריצה”, “مَرِيجُ”, “ஹெப்ரஸ்”, “エヴロス川”, “マリーツァ川”, and “マリッツァ川”
- Historically known as: “Aebura”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enez.
Maritsa River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.73027° or 40° 43′ 49″ north
Longitude
26.03652° or 26° 2′ 12″ east
Open location code
8GG8P2JP+4J
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Maritsa River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Maritsa”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἕβρος”
- Arabic: “ماريتسا”
- Arabic: “مريج”
- Armenian: “Մարիցա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Maritsa”
- Azerbaijani: “Maritsa çayı”
- Basque: “Maritsa”
- Belarusian: “Марыца”
- Breton: “Maritsa”
- Bulgarian: “Марица”
- Catalan: “Maritsa”
- Cebuano: “Maritsa River”
- Chinese: “馬里查河”
- Chinese: “马里查河”
- Croatian: “Marica”
- Czech: “Marica”
- Danish: “Maritsa”
- Dutch: “Evros”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ماريتسا”
- Esperanto: “Marico”
- Estonian: “Marica”
- Finnish: “Évros”
- French: “Maritsa”
- Galician: “Río Maritsa”
- Georgian: “მარიცა”
- German: “Maritza”
- German: “Mariza”
- Greek: “Évros Potamós”
- Greek: “Έβρος”
- Hebrew: “מריצה”
- Hungarian: “Marica”
- Indonesian: “Evros”
- Interlingua: “Maritsa”
- Irish: “Maritsa”
- Italian: “Evros”
- Japanese: “マリツァ川”
- Kazakh: “Марица өзені”
- Kirghiz: “Марица”
- Korean: “마리차강”
- Ladin: “Maritsa”
- Latin: “Hebrus”
- Latvian: “Marica”
- Lithuanian: “Marica”
- Macedonian: “Марица”
- Mingrelian: “მარიცა”
- Northern Frisian: “Maritsa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maritsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maritsa”
- Norwegian: “Maritsa”
- Ossetian: “Марицæ”
- Persian: “ماریتسا”
- Polish: “Marica”
- Portuguese: “Rio Maritsa”
- Romanian: “Raul Marita”
- Romanian: “Râul Marița”
- Russian: “Марица”
- Serbian: “Marica”
- Serbian: “Марица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Marica”
- Slovak: “Marica”
- Slovenian: “Marica”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماریتسا چایی”
- Spanish: “río Maritsa”
- Spanish: “Río Maritsa”
- Swedish: “Maritsa”
- Tamil: “மாரிட்சா”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำมาริตซา”
- Turkish: “Meriç Nehri”
- Turkish: “Meriç”
- Ukrainian: “Мариця”
- Upper Sorbian: “Marica”
- Urdu: “مارتسا”
- Venetian: “Fiume Maritsa”
- Vietnamese: “Maritsa”
- Vietnamese: “Meriç”
- Western Armenian: “Էվրոս”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yenice and Balikeievleri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Dalyan Gölü and Işık Gölü.
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Worth a closer look: Athens and Thessaloniki.
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