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follows its valley between
Radnevo and Simeonovgrad. Along the same route passes a section of the Simeonovgrad–Nova Zagora railway. Its waters are utilised for irrigation for the intensive agriculture in the Upper Thracian Plain, as well as for industrial water supply.
385:. Throughout its course in the mountains its valley is deep and forested. In the plains the riverbed is corrected with protective dikes. In the Upper Thracian Plain the Sazliyka takes several more turns — east downstream of
726:Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980).
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535:. There are two towns and 14 villages along its course. In Stara Zagora Province are located Kazanka, Starozagorski bani, Lyaskovo, Rakitnitsa, Arnaytito,
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The river takes its source under the name
Toplitsite at an altitude of 651 m some 1.5 km southwest of the summit of Ruya (812 m) in the
641:"chthyofauna in the Lower Course of the Sazliyka River, Southern Bulgaria: Composition, Diversity, Seasonal Dynamics and Conservation Signifcance"
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Sazliyka has predominantly rain feed with high water in January–April and low water in July–October. The average annual flow near the town of
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Its drainage basin covers a territory of 3,239 km or 6.1% of the
Maritsa's total and borders the drainage basins of the
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the river heads south-southwest and after receiving its tributary the
Chatalka turns southeast. It reaches the
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A 2009–2012 study identified 16 autoctonous fish species in the lower course of the
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764:Landforms of Stara Zagora Province
33:The Sazliyka south of Kaloyanovets
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198: • elevation
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181:42.0308000°N 25.8744000°E
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210:145 km (90 mi)
523:Settlements and economy
202:78 m (256 ft)
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527:The Sazliyka flows in
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577:Galabovo Municipality
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489:European bitterling
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592:Nova Zagora
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477:Vardar nase
363:Sredna Gora
335:Syuyutliyka
301:Syuyutliyka
289:Sredna Gora
228:Progression
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77:Sredna Gora
743:Categories
693:References
565:Beli Bryag
407:Ovcharitsa
383:Rakitnitsa
347:Rakitnitsa
317:Topolnitsa
297:Rakitnitsa
261:pronounced
249:Rakitnitsa
236:Aegean Sea
215:Basin size
719:163361648
603:Citations
594:–Radnevo–
569:Lyubenovo
561:Topolyane
415:Blatnitsa
411:Sokolitsa
387:Arnautito
357:Geography
345:", while
253:Bulgarian
596:Harmanli
549:Kolarovo
541:Badeshte
437:Galabovo
426:Martinka
379:Lyaskovo
281:Bulgaria
277:Sazliika
273:Sazlijka
257:Сазлийка
245:Sazliyka
48:Bulgaria
39:Location
22:Sazliyka
581:Navasen
529:Haskovo
430:Tundzha
399:Maritsa
395:Radnevo
391:Sarnevo
367:Kazanka
331:bulrush
305:Tundzha
293:Radnevo
285:Maritsa
268:; also
232:Maritsa
152:Maritsa
44:Country
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513:zander
445:willow
441:poplar
351:rakita
313:Ergene
207:Length
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557:Dinya
451:Fauna
343:osier
339:söğüt
137:Mouth
715:OCLC
705:ISBN
682:2024
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