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
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and a right tributary of the
Danube. The river originates in the Shiroka Planina ("Wide Mountain") area of the Fore-
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border be ...
near the
Serbian border and flows in a northeast direction diagonally through
Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balk ...
. 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 northeast ...
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, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the east ...
near the Tsibritsa's mouth its average discharge
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is 2 cubic metres per second. The river's waters are used for irrigation. The low plateau between the Tsibritsa to the west and the Ogosta
The Ogosta ( bg, Огоста , Latin: ''Augusta''), is the largest river in Northwestern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. It originates at Chiprovska Mountain, 2,168 meters high section of the Western Balkan Mountains, at about an altitu ...
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
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...
tribe of the Triballi
The Triballi ( grc, Τριβαλλοί, Triballoí, lat, Triballi) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron ...
.
References
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Rivers of Bulgaria
Landforms of Montana Province
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