Boyalashka reka
The Boyalashka reka (Bulgarian: Боялъшка река) is a 33 km long river in southern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Arapliyska reka, itself a left tributary of the Popovska reka of the Tundzha basin. It is the largest tributary of the Arapliyska reka.[1]
The river takes its source under the name Chakarlia an altitude of 502 m in the Dervent Heights, some 7005 m south of their highest point Gyurgenbair (555 m), which is situated in Bulgarian territory just north of the Bulgaria–Turkey border. It flows in a narrow forested valley through the northern slopes of the Dervent Heights in direction northwest. It flows into the Arapliyska at an altitude of 117 m some 200 m east of the village of Chernozem.[1]
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 159 km2 or 45.3% of the Popovska reka's total.[1] The Boyalashka reka has predominantly rain feed with high water in autumn and winter.[1]
The river flows entirely in Yambol Province. There is only one settlement along its course, the village of Lalkovo in Elhovo Municipality. Its waters are utilised for irrigation.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 61
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).