Editing Vardar (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Vardar Stone Bridge Skopje.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Vardar in [[Skopje]]: the [[Stone Bridge (Skopje)|Stone Bridge]]]]
The river rises at [[Vrutok]], a few kilometers southwest of [[Gostivar]] in North Macedonia. It passes through [[Gostivar]], [[Skopje]] and into [[Veles (city)|Veles]], crosses the [[Greece|Greek]] border near [[Gevgelija]], [[Polykastro]] and [[Axioupoli]] ("town on the Axiós"), before emptying into the [[Aegean Sea]] in [[Central Macedonia]], west of [[Thessaloniki]] in northern Greece. The river forms a large [[River delta|delta]] along with [[Loudias]] and [[Haliacmon]] at the [[Axios Delta National Park|Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The creation of the Delta – Axios Delta National Park |url=https://axiosdelta.gr/en/national-park/protected-area/delta-creation/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=axiosdelta.gr}}</ref>

The Vardar basin comprises two-thirds of the [[territory]] of [[North Macedonia]]. The valley features fertile lands in the [[Polog]] region, around [[Gevgelija]] and in the [[Thessaloniki (regional unit)|Thessaloniki regional unit]]. The river is surrounded by mountains elsewhere. The superhighways [[Greek National Road 1]] in Greece and M1 and E75 run within the valley along the river's entire length to near Skopje.

The river was very famous during the [[Ottoman Empire]] and remains so in modern-day [[Turkey]] as the inspiration for many folk songs, of which the most famous is Vardar Ovasi. It has also been depicted on the coat of arms of Skopje, which in turn is incorporated in the city's flag.<ref>Official portal of the city of Skopje: [http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=34 City symbols] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929172138/http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=34 |date=2014-09-29 }}.&nbsp;– Retrieved on 13 May 2009.</ref>

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