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it flows in a north-northeastern direction in a deep, at places canyon-like, valley which widens only in the area around Batak. At
Peshtera its valley widens again and then enters another steep valley, crossing the northern foothills of the Rhodope Mountains. At the village of
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follows its valley between
Peshtera and Isperihovo. Almost the entire route of the Stamboliyski–Peshtera railway follows its lower course. The river's waters are utilised for irrigation and industrial water supply. Part of its waters are diverted via underground tunnel to the
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The Stara reka has predominantly rain-snow feed with high water in April–May and low water in
September. The average annual flow at its mouth is 2.74 m/s.
453:Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980).
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follows the Stara reka between
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Its drainage basin covers a territory of 350 km or 0.66% of
Maritsa's total and borders the drainage basins of the
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The river takes its source at an altitude of 1,743 m in the Batak
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612:Landforms of Pazardzhik Province
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455:Географски речник на България
51:Physical characteristics
196: • elevation
125:1,743 m (5,719 ft)
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145: • location
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179:42.1416722°N 24.5028000°E
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497:Batak Hydropower Cascade
370:Batak Hydropower Cascade
200:183 m (600 ft)
320:Settlements and economy
208:61 km (38 mi)
271:Rhodope mountain range
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296:Upper Thracian Plain
281:. Until the town of
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221:Basin features
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422:24 November
226:Progression
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596:Categories
576:Stara reka
447:References
353:Pazardzhik
349:Yablanitsa
346:II-37 road
334:Isperihovo
251:Стара река
243:Stara reka
234:Aegean Sea
213:Basin size
22:Stara reka
523:Batak HPP
517:Aleko HPP
376:Citations
342:Novo Selo
265:Geography
247:Bulgarian
283:Peshtera
255:Bulgaria
73:western
45:Bulgaria
36:Location
361:Plovdiv
259:Maritsa
230:Maritsa
150:Maritsa
41:Country
571:Dospat
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279:Dospat
205:Length
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135:Mouth
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