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740:Geography of Thrace
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604:Antarctica
592:Mesta Peak
571:and later
545:Roman road
443:freshwater
427:Aegean Sea
359:, Bulgaria
331:Basin size
298:24°48′15″E
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270:Aegean Sea
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510:Geography
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343:Discharge
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154:Countries
573:Topeiros
529:riverbed
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149:Location
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537:Strymon
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514:Ptolemy
508:In the
504:History
439:deltaic
91:scholar
587:Honour
577:Trajan
569:Abdera
557:Satrae
541:Hebros
494:Xanthi
490:Kavala
486:Thrace
478:Dospat
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