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The Vardar (or Axios) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. It is 388 km long, and
drains an area of around 25,000 kmē.
The river begins at Vrutok, a few
kilometers north of Tetovo in FYR of Macedonia. It passes through Skopje, crosses the Greek border and flows into the Aegean Sea in Central
Macedonia west of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
The Vardar basin includes 80% of the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which is why that territory was previously
referred to as the "Vardar banovina".
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