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The river springs under the name Semiza at an altitude of 2,000 m, 2 km south of the summit of
Golyama Syutkya (2,186 m) in the Batak Mountain of the western Rhodope Mountains. It flows in a deep forested valley along its while course, initially flowing south and then changing
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in its upper course, the river is also known as the
Beglishka reka. Downstream of Toshkov Chark it flows east through the Devin Mountain, which it cuts through a deep gorge. The river exits the gorge upstream of the town of
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was established in 2002 along the river in Borino and Devin municipalities and covers an territory of 1.40 km. It was created to conserve rare flora and fauna, and the pristine riparian forests of common alder
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of Devin, situated at the confluence with the Vacha. The waters of
Devinska reka are used for electricity generation. There are two small reservoirs along its upper course,
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465:(254 MW), constructed mainly along the neighbouring Stara reka drainage basin to the northwest. The water flowing into the Vacha is utilized in the
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to the southwest, and small left tributaries of the Vacha to the south. The
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Its drainage basin covers a territory of 427 km or 26% of Vacha's total and borders the drainage basins of the
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direction to the northeast, southeast and again south. Between the
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and small left tributaries of the Vacha to the north, the
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696:Dospat–Vacha Hydropower Cascade
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739:Vacha 1 and 2 HPP (21 MW)
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970:Landforms of Smolyan Province
654:Географски речник на България
51:Physical characteristics
196: • elevation
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433:Settlements and economy
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355:round-scaled barbel
221:Basin features
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16:River in Bulgaria
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351:river trout
261:, southern
226:Progression
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949:Categories
929:Stara reka
747:Reservoirs
734:Teshel HPP
710:Orphey HPP
646:References
622:3 December
594:3 December
566:3 December
439:Pazardzhik
363:brown bear
311:Stara reka
238:Aegean Sea
213:Basin size
876:Batak HPP
870:Aleko HPP
716:Devin HPP
516:Citations
277:Geography
251:Bulgarian
95:24°1′39″E
585:"Nature"
447:spa town
371:red deer
263:Bulgaria
45:Bulgaria
36:Location
806:Gashnya
774:Krichim
617:OffNews
473:Gallery
451:Beglika
367:chamois
328:Ecology
271:Maritsa
234:Maritsa
150:Maritsa
41:Country
924:Dospat
790:Dospat
759:Teshel
754:Dospat
385:Balkan
205:Length
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934:Vacha
893:Batak
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319:Mesta
300:Devin
267:Vacha
230:Vacha
135:Mouth
624:2023
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