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The Blagoevgradska Bistritsa (Bulgarian: Благоевградска Бистрица) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Struma. It is 41 km long and drains the southwestern parts of the Rila mountain range.[1]

Blagoevgradska Bistritsa
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Rila
• elevation	2,546 m (8,353 ft)
Mouth
• location	Struma River
• coordinates	41°59′17.88″N 23°4′9.84″E
• elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Length	41 km (25 mi)
Basin size	234 km2 (90 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Struma→ Aegean Sea

Geography

Blagoevgradska Bistritsa takes its source about 300 m southeast of the summit Golyan Mechi Vrah (2,617 m) in southwestern Rila at an altitude of 2,546 m. It initially flows a mountain stream south to Macedonia refuge, where it turns west in a deep valley covered with old-growth coniferous forests where trees reach heights of almost 60 m and protected within Parangalitsa biosphere reserve.[1]

The river then continues to flow westwards in a deep steep valley until the village of Bistritsa, where it takes a turn to the southwest through an eroded valley. Then it forms a large alluvial cone, on which the city of Blagoevgrad is situated, and flows into the Struma at an altitude of 321 m, in Blagoevgrad's neighbourhood Strumsko.[1]

Its catchment area covers a territory of 234 km² and represents 1.35% of Struma's total drainage basin. The largest tributary is Slavova Reka. Blagoevgradska Bistritsa has predominantly snow-rain feed with high water in late spring and early summer (May–June) and low water in winter (February). The average annual flow is 3.17 m³/s at the mouth and 2.96 m³/s at Bistritsa.[1]

There are two settlements along the river — the city of Blagoevgrad and the village of Bistritsa, both in Blagoevgrad Province. Its waters in the lower reaches are used for irrigation.[1] Common fish species in the river include brown trout, Struma barbel and European chub.

Citations

References

• Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).

На других языках

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- [en] Blagoevgradska Bistritsa

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[ru] Бистрица (нижний приток Струмы)

Бистрица[1][2] (болг. Бистрица; также Благоевградска-Бистрица, старое название — Горноджумайска-Бистрица) — река в Благоевградской области Болгарии, левый приток Струмы. Её длина составляет около 41 км,[3] а площадь водосборного бассейна — 206,5[4] (по другим источникам — 234[3]) км². Среднегодовой расход воды в реке равен 2,631 м³/с, из которых 1,4 м³/с составляет дождевой сток[4].

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