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Dospat (Δεσπάτης)
Dospat River at its mouth.Origin Rhodope Mountains Mouth Mesta/Nestos
41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°ECoordinates: 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°EBasin countries Bulgaria, Greece Basin area 633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi) 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 on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border. The river has a drainage basin of 633.5 km²
Categories:- Rivers of Bulgaria
- Rivers of Greece
- Smolyan Province
- Rhodopes
- Chech
- International rivers of Europe
- Bulgaria geography stubs
- Greece geography stubs
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