The Angitis ( el, Αγγίτης), also known as Angista ( bg, Драматица; ''Dramatitsa''), is a river in

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. It is long. It is an important tributary of the Strymonas. Its source is in the

Falakro Falakro Oros (Greek: Φαλακρό όρος, translated in English as: "Bald mountain"; bg, Боздаг, ''Bozdag''; Turkish: ''Bozdağ'', translated in English as: "Gray mountain") is a mountain in the Drama regional unit, eastern Greek Ma ...

mountains, in the regional unit of

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, near the town of

Prosotsani Prosotsani ( el, Προσοτσάνη, until 1925: el, Προσωτσάνη - ''Prosotsani'', from 1925 until 1940: el, Πυρσόπολις - ''Pyrsopolis'') is a municipality and town within the municipality located in the western part of the ...

. It flows south until Fotolivos, where it turns west and enters the Serres regional unit. It flows into the Strymonas near

Tragilos Tragilos ( el, Τράγιλος, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern ...

. The river is the setting for a number of extreme sports, including

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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

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Rivers of Greece Landforms of Drama (regional unit) Rivers of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Landforms of Serres (regional unit) Rivers of Central Macedonia {{Greece-river-stub