The Strumica ( Macedonian and bg, Струмица, ; also transliterated ''Strumitsa'' or ''Strumitza'') or Strumeshnitsa () is a river in

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

and

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. It runs through the town of

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedon ...

and flows into the river Struma. The Strumica takes its source from the

Plačkovica Plačkovica () is a mountain located the eastern part of North Macedonia, it extends between the cities of Radoviš, and Vinica. The highest peak is Lisec () at 1,754 m, the length of main valley slopes of the peak Lisec is 34 km. The valley of ...

mountain in

Radoviš municipality Radoviš Municipality ( mk, Општина Радовиш) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Radoviš is the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region. Histor ...

in North Macedonia, running south in a deep valley and then known as the Stara Reka. It then enters the Radoviš Valley and runs through the eponymous town of

Radoviš Radoviš ( mk, Радовиш ) is a city in the southeastern part of North Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountai ...

. Afterwards the Strumica runs southeastwards through the Strumica Valley ( Vasilevo,

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedon ...

and

Novo Selo municipality Novo Selo ( mk, , Turkish ''Yeniköy'', Greek Neochòrion, Νεοχώριον) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. '' Novo Selo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. ''Novo Selo'' means "New Village" i ...

), passing through the town of Strumica and turning east to enter Bulgaria south of Zlatarevo. A wide meandering valley follows until the river flows into the Struma as a right tributary northeast of Mitino, not far from

Rupite Rupite ( bg, Рупите, ) is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 10-12 kilometres northeast of Petrich, inside Petrich Municipality, on the right bank of the S ...

. The river has a total length of 114 km, of which 81 km in North Macedonia and 33 km in Bulgaria. It is Struma's largest tributary.

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* Rivers of North Macedonia Rivers of Bulgaria International rivers of Europe Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province {{Bulgaria-river-stub