| Vardar Вардар | |
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 Vardar in Skopje | |
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| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Countries | North Macedonia and Greece |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Vrutok, near Gostivar |
| Mouth | |
• location | Aegean Sea, near Thessaloniki |
• coordinates | 40°30′27″N 22°43′3″E / 40.50750°N 22.71750°E |
| Length | 388 km (241 mi) |
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The Vardar (/ˈvɑːrdɑːr/; Macedonian: , Albanian: Vardar/-i, Turkish: Vardar) or Axios (Greek: Αξιός, romanized: Aksiós, Albanian: Asi (historically)[1]) is the longest river in North Macedonia and a major river in Greece, where it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki.[2] It is 388 km (241 mi) long, out of which 76 km (47 mi) are in Greece,[2] and drains an area of around 25,000 km2 (9,653 sq mi). The maximum depth of the river is 4 m (13 ft).
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