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Rabrovska reka

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Rabrovska reka
Map
Location
CountryBulgaria
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBalkan Mountains
 • coordinates43°55′41.16″N 22°25′28.92″E / 43.9281000°N 22.4247000°E / 43.9281000; 22.4247000
 • elevation328 m (1,076 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Danube
 • coordinates
44°1′14.16″N 22°39′28.92″E / 44.0206000°N 22.6580333°E / 44.0206000; 22.6580333
 • elevation
87 m (285 ft)
Length26 km (16 mi)
Basin size137 km2 (53 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionTopolovetsDanube

The Rabrovska reka (Bulgarian: Рабровска река) is a river in northwestern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Topolovets, itself a right tributary of the Danube. Its length is 26 km.[1]

The river takes its source under the name Boynishka reka at an altitude of 328 m some 1.2 km northwest of the village of Golemanovo in the northwesternmost part of the Balkan Mountains. It flows in the western Danubian Plain in direction northeast. In its last 3 km it runs eastwards before flowing into the Topolovets at an altitude of 87 m about 3.3 km downstream from the village of Dolni Boshnyak.[1]

Its drainage basin covers a territory of 137 km2, or 24% of the Topolovets's total.[1]

The Rabrovska reka flows entirely in Vidin Province. From its mouth upstream runs a 12 km stretch of the third class III-121 road InovoBoynitsaKula.[2] Its waters are utilized for irrigation via the Golemanovo Reservoir.[1] Some 3 km downstream from the river's source is located the Albotin Monastery, a medieval Bulgarian cave sanctuary with fresco fragments dating from the 14th century during the Second Bulgarian Empire.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 396
  2. ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

References

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  • 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).