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The
Stryama has predominantly rain–snow feed with high water in March–June and low water in July–October. The average annual flow is 0.80 m/s at Klisura, 2.05 m/s at Banya and 8.56 m/s at Manole. The river has caused large floods in the past and as a result its whole riverbed in the
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Maritsa's total and borders the basins of the
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follows its valley between Banya and
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339:Sredna Gora
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238:Aegean Sea
217:Basin size
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302:Geography
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381:Danube
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