Bulgaria–Greece border

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The Bulgaria–Greece border is an international land boundary in Southeast Europe that runs largely through mountainous terrain, including the Rhodope range, separating Bulgaria to the north from Greece to the south.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
approximateLengthKilometers 493
approximateLengthMiles 306
borderRegime Schengen external border
continent Europe
countryOnBorderIsEUMember Bulgaria
Greece
countryOnBorderIsNATOMember Bulgaria
Greece
crossesAdministrativeRegionOfBulgaria Blagoevgrad Province
Haskovo Province
Kardzhali Province
Smolyan Province
crossesAdministrativeRegionOfGreece Central Macedonia
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
easternTerminus tripoint of Bulgaria–Greece–Turkey
establishedBetweenStates Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Greece
EUInternalBorder true
hasBorderControl yes
hasBorderCrossing Ilinden–Exochi border crossing
Ivaylovgrad–Kiprinos border crossing
Kulata–Promachonas border crossing
Makaza–Nymfaia border crossing
Svilengrad–Ormenio border crossing
Zlatograd–Thermes border crossing
historicalContext Balkan Wars
World War I peace settlements
locatedInRegion Southeast Europe
linked to: Balkans
northernSideCountry Bulgaria
partlyDefinedByTreaty Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
linked to: Treaty of Lausanne

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1919)
passesNearRiver Nestos River NERFINISHED
Struma River
passesThroughMountainRange Belasitsa Mountains
linked to: Belasica Mountains

Rhodope Mountains
Slavyanka Mountains
linked to: Slavyanka Mountain
separatesCountry Bulgaria
Greece
southernSideCountry Greece
terrain mountainous
usedFor rail transport
road transport
tourism between Bulgaria and Greece
trade between Bulgaria and Greece
westernTerminus tripoint of Bulgaria–Greece–North Macedonia

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Referenced by (6)

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Rhodope Mountains borderRegionOf Bulgaria–Greece border
Struma River formsPartOfBorder Bulgaria–Greece border (short sections)
linked to: Bulgaria–Greece border
Rila–Rhodope massif crossBorderRegion Bulgaria–Greece border
Devil's Throat Cave near Bulgarian–Greek border
linked to: Bulgaria–Greece border
NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Greece–Bulgaria border
linked to: Bulgaria–Greece border
European theatre of interwar conflicts hasNotableConflict Bulgarian–Greek border incidents
linked to: Bulgaria–Greece border