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The '''Axios''' ( [[Greek language|Greek]]: '''Αξιός''' , is the longest river in the FYROM. It is 388 kilometres long, and drains an area of around 25,000 km².

The river begins at Vrutok, a few kilometers north of Tetovo in the FYROM. It passes through Skopje and into Veles, crosses the [[Greece|Greek]] border near Gevgeli, [[Polykastro]] and [[Axioupolis]] ("town on the Axios"), before flowing into the [[Aegean Sea]] in Central [[Macedonia]] west of [[Thessaloniki]] in northern Greece.

The Vardar basin includes 80% of the territory of the FYROM. The valley comprises fertile lands in the [[Kilkis prefecture|Kilkis]] and [[Thessaloniki prefecture]]s and Gevgeli and other parts. The river is surrounded by mountains elsewhere. The superhighways [[Greece Interstate 1]] in Greece and M1 and E75 run within the valley along the river's entire length to near Skopje.

The river valley has given its name to the ''vardaris'', a northerly prevailing ravine wind which blows down the length of the valley to bring cold conditions to the Thessaloniki area of Greece. It occurs when atmospheric pressure over eastern Europe is higher than over the [[Aegean Sea]], as is often the case in winter. It is somewhat similar to the mistral wind of France.

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Irlandos at 13:00, February 21, 2006