Dospat (river)

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Dospat (Δεσπάτης)

Dospat River at its mouth.

Dospat River system.
Origin Rhodope Mountains
Mouth Mesta/Nestos
41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°E / 41.39028; 24.0875Coordinates: 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°E / 41.39028; 24.0875
Basin countries Bulgaria, Greece
Length 110 km (68 mi)
Source elevation 1,610 m (5,280 ft)
Mouth elevation 366 m (1,201 ft)
Basin area 633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi)
Left tributaries Sarnena River
Right tributaries Kochan River, Osina River

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 on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border. The river has a drainage basin of 633.5 km²


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