{{for|inflammation of blood vessels|angiitis}} {{Infobox river | name = Angitis | native_name ={{native name|el|Αγγίτης}} | image = Aggitis river philippos.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = The old bridge of Angitis River in Angista Rail Station (village in Nea Zichni Municipality) | source1_location = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Greece | mouth_location = Strymonas | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|40.9021|23.8105|display=it}} | progression = {{RStruma}} | length = | basin_size = }}
The '''Angitis''' ({{langx|el|Αγγίτης}}), also known as '''Angista''' ({{langx|bg|Драматица}}; ''Dramatitsa''), is a river in Northern Greece. It is {{cvt|75|km}} long. It is an important tributary of the Strymonas.<ref>*[https://books.google.com/books?id=wDcd41aCRLQC&dq=angitis+river&pg=PA54 Natural Heritage from East to West], Niki Evelpidou, Tomás de Figueiredo, Francesco Mauro, Springer, 2009, {{ISBN|3-642-01576-X}}, pp. 51-57. *[http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424003106/http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html |date=2017-04-24 }} D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 19-20. {{ISBN|960-7265-16-5}}</ref>
Its source is in the Falakro mountains, in the regional unit of Drama, near the town of Prosotsani. It flows south until Fotolivos, where it turns west and enters the Serres regional unit. It flows into the Strymonas near Tragilos.
The river is the setting for a number of extreme sports, including rafting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.extremegreece.com/content/rafting-river-aggitis|title=Rafting in river Aggitis|accessdate=18 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402140843/http://www.extremegreece.com/content/rafting-river-aggitis|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Angitis cave is {{cvt|21|km}} long. A short distance from the cave is the gorge of the Angitis, {{cvt|15|km}} in length with a depth that reaches {{cvt|100|m}} down to the river bed.
<gallery> 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 </gallery>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
Category:Rivers of Greece Category:Landforms of Drama (regional unit) Category:Rivers of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Category:Landforms of Serres (regional unit) Category:Rivers of Central Macedonia
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