| Stryama | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | S of Vezhen Peak, Balkan Mountains |
| • coordinates | 42°45′0″N 24°24′10.08″E / 42.75000°N 24.4028000°E |
| • elevation | 2,158 m (7,080 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Maritsa |
• coordinates | 42°9′32.04″N 24°56′8.16″E / 42.1589000°N 24.9356000°E |
• elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Length | 110 km (68 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,394 km2 (538 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Maritsa→ Aegean Sea |
The Stryama (Bulgarian: Стряма [ˈstrʲamɐ], known in Antiquity as Syrmus) is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important left tributary of the Maritsa. It originates in the Balkan Mountains. The river is 110 kilometres in length[1][2] and is the sixth longest in the Maritsa drainage, following the Tundzha (390 km), the Arda (290 km), the Ergene (281 km), the Topolnitsa (155 km) and the Sazliyka (145 km).
- ^ Encyclopaedia Bulgaria, Volume VI 1986, p. 523
- ^ Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, pp. 480–481