The Tsibritsa ( bg, Цибрица, ; also
transliterated as ''Cibrica'', ''Tzibritza''; la, Ciabrus) is a river in the western
Danubian Plain of
northern
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Bulgaria and a right tributary of the
Danube. The river originates in the Shiroka Planina ("Wide Mountain") area of the Fore-
Balkan Mountains
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near the
Serbian border and flows in a northeast direction diagonally through
Montana Province. East of the village of
in
Valchedram
Valchedram ( bg, Вълчедръм ; also transliterated ''Vǎlčedrǎm'', ''Vulchedrum'', etc.) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeas ...
municipality, it flows into the Danube.
The Tsibritsa has a length of 91.2 kilometres and a
drainage basin of 922 square kilometres.
[ At ]Ignatovo
Ignatovo is a village in Valchedram Municipality
Valchedram Municipality ( bg, Община Вълчедръм) is a frontier municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in ...
near the Tsibritsa's mouth its average discharge
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is 2 cubic metres per second
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. The river's waters are used for irrigation. The low plateau between the Tsibritsa to the west and the Ogosta to the east is known as Zlatiya and is a fertile agricultural region.
In Ancient Roman
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times, the river was known as the ''Ciabrus'' and the region was inhabited by the Thracian tribe of the Triballi.
References
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Rivers of Bulgaria
Landforms of Montana Province
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