The Brezovska reka ( bg, Брезовска река), formerly known as Rahmanliyska reka (Рахманлийска река),
is a river in southern
Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river
Maritsa, with a length of 53 km.
The river takes its source under the name Poprashtenska reka at an altitude of 1,043 m at 1.1 km southeast of the summit of Bratan (1,236 m) in the mountain range of
Sredna Gora. It flows southwest in a deep forested valley until the village of
Rozovec
Rozovets is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Brezovo municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15 June 2020, the village had a population of 145 inhabitants with a current address there.
Geography
Rozovets is located 50 kilometers North East awa ...
. It then turns south and enters the
Upper Thracian Plain at the town of
Brezovo. The river flows into the Maritsa at an altitude of 131 m at 1.4 km west of the village of
Mirovo.
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 237 km
2 or 0.45% of the Maritsa's total and borders the drainage basins of the
Srebra
The Srebra ( bg, Сребра), also known as the Azmak (Азмак) is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa, with a length of 21 km.
The river takes its source under the name Zlatoselska reka at an altitude ...
to the west and southwest, the
Omurovska reka to the east and the
Tundzha to the north, all of them left tributaries of the Maritsa.
The Brezovska reka has predominantly rain feed with high water in February–May and low water in July–October.
The river flows mostly in
Plovdiv Province, with a short section at its mouth in
Stara Zagora Province
Stara Zagora ( bg, Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixt ...
. There are four settlements along its course: the town of Brezovo and villages of Rozovets,
Zelenikovo and
Choba
Choba is a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province.
There is also a place named Choba mentioned in the apocryphal Book of Judith.: New American Bible Revised Edition
The New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) is an English-language Cath ...
in
Brezovo Municipality
Brezovo ( bg, Брезово ) is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv oblast and is close to the town of Rakovski.
Populated places
The following towns and villages are located inside the territory of Brezovo municipalit ...
, Plovdiv Province. There two main roads along its valley, a 15 km stretch of the second class
II-56 road Shipka Shipka may refer to:
* Shipka Monument, in Bulgaria
* Shipka (town), in Bulgaria
* Shipka Pass, in Bulgaria
* Shipka (stadium), in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
* Shipka Saddle, in the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica
* Shipka Valley, in the T ...
–Brezovo–
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
follows the river between Rozovets and Brezovo, and a 10 km section of the third class III-666 road
Plodovitovo–Brezovo follows its valley between the village of
Tyurkmen and Brezovo.
Its waters are utilised for irrigation for the intensive agriculture in the Upper Thracian Plain.
Citations
References
* {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria, 1980
, title = Географски речник на България
, trans-title = Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria
, last1 = Мичев (Michev)
, first1 = Николай (Nikolay)
, last2 = Михайлов (Mihaylov)
, first2 = Цветко (Tsvetko)
, last3 = Вапцаров (Vaptsarov)
, first3 = Иван (Ivan)
, last4 = Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev)
, first4 = Светлин (Svetlin)
, chapter =
, year = 1980
, language = Bulgarian
, publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura)
, location = София (Sofia)
, isbn =
Rivers of Bulgaria
Landforms of Plovdiv Province
Landforms of Stara Zagora Province