Evros River

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The Evros River is a major waterway in southeastern Europe that forms much of the natural border between Greece and Turkey before emptying into the Aegean Sea.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Evros River canonical 17
Evros–Maritsa river system 2
Evros 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border river ⓘ
international river ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maritsa ⓘ
Meriç ⓘ
basinCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
borderSectionLength forms much of the land border between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
BulgarianName Марица ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
crossBorderManagement subject to transboundary water agreements between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey ⓘ
deltaLocation border area of Greece and Turkey on the Aegean coast ⓘ
deltaProtectionStatus important wetland and protected area (various national and international designations) ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 53,000 square kilometers ⓘ
emptiesInto Aegean Sea ⓘ
environmentalIssue flooding ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
flowsIntoBodyOfWater Thracean Sea (northern Aegean Sea) ⓘ
linked to: Thracian Sea
flowsThrough Bulgaria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
GreekName Έβρος ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
hasDelta Evros Delta ⓘ
historicalRegion Thrace ⓘ
length approximately 480 km ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Europe ⓘ
mouth Aegean Sea ⓘ
partOf Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
region Thrace ⓘ
sourceLocation Rila Mountains ⓘ
strategicImportance external border of the European Union ⓘ
natural border between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
tributary Arda River ⓘ
Ergene River ⓘ
Tundzha River ⓘ
TurkishName Meriç Nehri ⓘ
linked to: Meriç
uses fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power (upstream, via tributaries and related infrastructure) ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Greece → containsRiver → Evros River ⓘ
Maritsa → alsoKnownAs → Evros ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
Thrace → crossedBy → Evros River ⓘ
European Turkey → hasMajorRiver → Meriç (Evros) River ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
Orestiada → locatedNear → Evros River ⓘ
Evros River → GreekName → Έβρος ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
Greece and Bulgaria → shareRiver → Evros–Maritsa river system ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
Evros regional unit → namedAfter → Evros River ⓘ
Evros regional unit → locatedOnRiver → Evros River ⓘ
Evros regional unit → hasBorderRiver → Evros River ⓘ
Greek mainland → hasMajorRiver → Evros River ⓘ
Dedeağaç → near → Evros River ⓘ
Dimetoka → locatedOnRiver → Evros River ⓘ
Erythropotamos River → tributaryOf → Evros River ⓘ
Erythropotamos River → partOfRiverSystem → Evros River basin ⓘ
linked to: Evros River
Ergene River → mouthOfWaterBody → Evros River ⓘ
Ergene River → tributaryOf → Evros River ⓘ
Ergene River → partOf → Evros–Maritsa river system ⓘ
linked to: Evros River