Dospat (river)
Dospat (Δεσπάτης) | |
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Dospat River at its mouth. | |
Dospat River system. | |
Basin | |
Main source | Rhodope Mountains |
Source elevation | 1,610 m (5,280 ft) |
River mouth |
Mesta/Nestos 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.08750°ECoordinates: 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.08750°E |
Mouth elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
Size | 633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi) |
Country | Bulgaria, Greece |
Physiognomy | |
Length | 110 km (68 mi) |
Tributaries |
The Dospat (Bulgarian: Доспат; Greek: Δεσπάτης, Despatis) is a river in the Western Rhodope Mountains, the most important tributary of the Mesta.
It takes its source from Bulgaria, from the 1643-metre-high Rozov vrah ("Rose Peak") and flows southeast until Dospat Dam, after which it makes a turn southwest to continue generally to the south and flow into the Mesta as a left tributary near the village Mikrokleisoura on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border.
The Dospat has a drainage basin of 633.5 km². Its length is 110 km, of which 89 in Bulgaria and 21 in Greece. For a small distance of 3 km it forms the Greek–Bulgarian border.
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