Dospat (river)
| Dospat (Доспат, Δεσπάτης) | |
|---|---|
 Dospat River at its mouth. | |
 Dospat River system. | |
| Country | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Basin | |
| Main source |
Rhodope Mountains 1,610 m (5,280 ft) |
| River mouth |
Mesta/Nestos 366 m (1,201 ft) 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.08750°ECoordinates: 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.08750°E |
| Basin size | 633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 110 km (68 mi) |
| Features | |
| Tributaries | |
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 near the village Mikrokleisoura on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border.
The Dospat has a drainage basin of 633.5 km². Its length is 110 km, of which 89 in Bulgaria and 21 in Greece. For a small distance of 3 km it forms the Greek–Bulgarian border.
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