Golyama reka

The Golyama reka (Bulgarian) is a 75 km-long river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Stara reka, itself a right tributary of the river Yantra of the Danube basin. It is the largest tributary of the Stara reka. The Golyama reka takes its source at an altitude of 654 m, some 300 m west of the village of Gorsko Selo in the Lisa Mountain of the fore-Balkan. It flows north, then turns east and in 2 km enters the southern arm of the Yastrebino Reservoir, constructed along its course. Downstream of the reservoir's dam, the Golyama reka continues northwards, then near the village of Razdeltsi bends west and at Lyubentsi — northwest, flowing in a deep, densely forested and ravine-like valley throughout that section. At the village of Manastiritsa, the river turns west, and upstream of the town of Strazhitsa — southwest, and its valley widens. It flows into the Stara reka at an altitude of 66 m close to Kesarevo. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 864 km2 or 35.5% of the Stara reka's total. High water is in March–June and low water is in July–October. The river flows in Targovishte and Veliko Tarnovo Provinces. Significant sections of the river between the Yastrebino Reservoir and Manastiritsa serve as the border between Antonovo and Popovo Municipalities, and further downstream between the two provinces. Since the river flows in a deep valley, there are o

Flows through: Bulgaria.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.