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The Maritsa, Meriç or Evros((ブルガリア語:Марица), ''Maritsa''; , ''Ebros''; Evros; (ラテン語:Hebrus) or ''Hebrus'', Romanized Thracian: ''Evgos'' or ''Ebros''; (トルコ語:Meriç)) is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay (where the Mechka and the Kayaliyka join it) to Edirne, Turkey. East of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, the river flows eastwards, forming the border between Bulgaria (on the north bank) and Greece (on the south bank), and then between Turkey and Greece. At Edirne, the river flows through Turkish territory on both banks, then turns towards the south and forms the border between Greece on the west bank and Turkey on the east bank to the Aegean Sea. Turkey was given a small sector on the west bank opposite the city of Edirne. The river enters the Aegean Sea near Enez, where it forms a delta. The Tundzha is its chief tributary; the Arda is another one. The lower course of the Maritsa/Evros forms part of the Bulgarian-Greek border and most of the Greek-Turkish border. The upper Maritsa valley is a principal east-west route in Bulgaria. The unnavigable river is used for power production and irrigation. The places that the river flows through include Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, (next to) Parvomay, through Dimitrovgrad and Svilengrad in Bulgaria, Edirne in Turkey and Kastanies, Pythio, Didymoteicho and Lavara in Greece. There are a number of bridges over the river, including the one at Svilengrad, the one west of Edirne in Turkey and GR-2 with the D110/E90 further south and as its border crossings. ==Etymology== The origin of the name ''Maritsa'' and Meriç'' is certainly the same, but it is uncertain. It may come from the name Mary. The earliest known name of the river is the Thracian ''Evgos'' (Alcman, 7th-6th century BC). Thereafter, the river has began to be known as ''Hebros'', the Romanized version of the original Thracian ''Ebros''. Hebros is probably derived from the Indo-European ''arg'', "white river" (the opposite of Vardar, meaning "black river"), while according to an alternative belief Hebros means "goat" in Thracian. As the first attested name Europe referred only to Thrace proper,〔(BBC )〕 it is likely derived from ''Ebros''. Similar rivers such as the Ebro in Spain, from which the name of the Iberian peninsula derives, may have common elements in the etymology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maritsa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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