Blatnitsa (river)
| Blatnitsa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sredna Gora |
| • coordinates | 42°34′18.12″N 26°9′33.12″E / 42.5717000°N 26.1592000°E |
| • elevation | 266 m (873 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sazliyka |
• coordinates | 42°16′49.08″N 25°55′18.84″E / 42.2803000°N 25.9219000°E |
• elevation | 108 m (354 ft) |
| Length | 54 km (34 mi) |
| Basin size | 656 km2 (253 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sazliyka→ Maritsa |
The Blatnitsa (Bulgarian: Блатница) is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Sazliyka, itself a left tributary of the Maritsa. It has a length of 54 km.[1]
The river takes its source at an altitude of 266 m from the Kapaklia spring, located in the easternmost reaches of the Sredna Gora mountain range, some 1 km southeast of the village of Staro Selo. Throughout its whole course the Blatnitsa flows through the Upper Thracian Plain in a shallow valley. It initially flows south, at the village of Konyovo it turns in direction west-southwest until the town of Nova Zagora, when it takes a turn to the south-southwest until its confluence with the Sazliyka at an altitude of 108 m in the southwestern neighbourhoods of the town of Radnevo.[1]
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 656 km2 or 20.25% of the Sazliyka's total.[1]
The Blatnitsa has predominantly rain feed with high water in January–May and low water in July–October.[1]
The river flows in Sliven and Stara Zagora Provinces. There are five settlements along its course: the villages of Konyovo, Ezero, Bogdanovo and Lyubenova Mahala in Nova Zagora Municipality of Sliven Province, and the town of Radnevo in Radnevo Municipality of Stara Zagora Province. A 23.7 km stretch of the third class III-554 road Nova Zagora–Radnevo–Harmanli follows its valley.[2] Along the same stretch passes a section of the Simeonovgrad–Nova Zagora railway. Its waters are almost completely utilised for irrigation for the intensive agriculture in the Upper Thracian Plain.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 51
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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).