Palakaria

Palakaria
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Kupena, Vitosha
• elevation	2,015 m (6,611 ft)
Mouth
• location	Iskar River
• coordinates	42°25′39″N 23°31′55.92″E / 42.42750°N 23.5322000°E / 42.42750; 23.5322000Coordinates: 42°25′39″N 23°31′55.92″E / 42.42750°N 23.5322000°E / 42.42750; 23.5322000
• elevation	827 m (2,713 ft)
Length	39 km (24 mi)
Basin size	402 km2 (155 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Iskar→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Palakaria (Bulgarian: Палакария) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Iskar.^[1] The river is 39 km long and takes its source from the southern slopes of the summit of Kupena in Vitosha mountain range at an altitude of 2,015 m.^[1] It flows in southern direction and turns to the south-east downstream of the village of Yarlovo and flows through a wide valley known as Palakariata between the mountain ranges of Plana to the north-east and Verila to the south-west. At the village of it turns to the east and flows through the Samokov valley very close to . Palakaria then turns in north-eastern direction at the village of and to the north downstream of the village of . It flows into the Iskar at an altitude of 827 m. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 402 km² or 4.7% of Iskar's total.^[1] The average annual flow is 1.85 m³/s at the village of Relyovo.^[1]

The river flows through the village of Yarlovo, , , Belchin, Relyovo, Rayovo and Shiroki Dol in Samokov Municipality, Sofia Province. Its waters are used to irrigation.^[1]

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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).