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The Vardar/Axios is the principal river of the Macedonia region in the Balkan peninsula of south-eastern Europe. It drains an area of around 25,000 sq. km. including 80% of the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. 388 km in length, it passes through Macedonia's capital, Skopje, ultimately entering the Aegean Sea west of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

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