The Angitis ( el, Αγγίτης), also known as Angista ( bg, Драматица; ''Dramatitsa''), is a river in
Northern Greece
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. It is long. It is an important tributary of the
Strymonas.
Its source is in the
Falakro mountains, in the regional unit of
Drama
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, near the town of
Prosotsani
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. It flows south until
Fotolivos, where it turns west and enters the
Serres regional unit. It flows into the Strymonas near
Tragilos
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.
The river is the setting for a number of extreme sports, including
rafting
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.
The Angitis cave is long. A short distance from the cave is the
gorge of the Angitis, in length with a depth that reaches down to the river bed.
File:Angitis source, inside.jpg, Angitis source inside the cave
File:Angitis cave.jpg, Angitis cave
File:Angitis source, outside.jpg, Angitis source in front of the cave
File:Angitis river near the source.jpg, Angitis near the source
Bridge - Angitis Canyon.jpg, Bridge over the Angitis Canyon near the Alistratis Cave
Railway station - Angitis- Canyon.jpg, Bahnstation ''Kryopigi (Spileo Alistratis / Angitis Canyon)'' near the Alistratis Cave
Notes
Rivers of Greece
Landforms of Drama (regional unit)
Rivers of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Landforms of Serres (regional unit)
Rivers of Central Macedonia
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