Struma River, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgariai
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Struma River | River |
Blagoevgrad Province | Oblast |
Bulgaria | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° North , 23° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~61km
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Strouma
The Struma or Strymónas (Bulgarian: Струма [ˈstrumɐ]; Greek: Στρυμόνας [striˈmonas]; Turkish: (Struma) Karasu [kaɾaˈsu], 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymṓn (Greek: Στρυμών [stryˈmɔːn]). Its drainage area is 17,330 km² (6,690 sq mi), of which 8,670 km² (3,350 sq mi) in Bulgaria, 6,295 km² (2,431 sq mi) in Greece and the remaining 2,365 km² (913 sq mi) in North Macedonia and Serbia. It takes its source from the Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters Greek territory at the Kula village. In Greece, it is the main waterway feeding and exiting from Lake Kerkini, a significant centre for migratory wildfowl. The river flows into the Strymonian Gulf in the Aegean Sea, near Amphipolis in the Serres regional unit. The river's length is 415 kilometres (258 miles) (of which 290 kilometres (180 mi) in Bulgaria), making it the country's fifth-longest and one of the longest rivers that run solely in the interior of the Balkans.
Parts of the river valley belong to a Bulgarian (Pirin Macedonia) coal-producing area, more significant in the past than nowadays; the southern part of the Bulgarian section is an important wine region. The Greek portion is a valley which is dominant in agriculture, being Greece's fourth-biggest valley. The tributaries include the Konska River, the Dragovishtitsa, the Rilska River, the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa, the Sandanska Bistritsa, the Strumitsa, the Pirinska Bistritsa and the Angitis.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Sperrylite Formula: PtAs2 Reference: Tsintsov, Z., Damyanov, Z. (1994): Sperrylite from Struma River alluvial placers, Blagoevgrad graben, SW Bulgaria. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 11, 518-528. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sperrylite | 2.EB.05a | PtAs2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
As | Arsenic | |
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As | ⓘ Sperrylite | PtAs2 |
Pt | Platinum | |
Pt | ⓘ Sperrylite | PtAs2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Tsintsov, Z., Damyanov, Z. (1994) Sperrylite from Struma River alluvial placers, Blagoevgrad graben, SW Bulgaria. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 11: 518-528.
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Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struma_(river) |
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Wikidata ID: | Q204127 |
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