Stakevska reka
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| Stakevska reka | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Balkan Mountains |
| • coordinates | 43°28′15.96″N 22°34′9.12″E / 43.4711000°N 22.5692000°E |
| • elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lom |
• coordinates | 43°35′26.16″N 22°46′48″E / 43.5906000°N 22.78000°E |
• elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Length | 34 km (21 mi) |
| Basin size | 328 km2 (127 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lom→ Danube |
The Stakevska reka (Bulgarian: Стакевска река) is a river in northwestern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Lom, itself a right tributary of the Danube. Its length is 34 km.[1]
The river takes its source under the name Zheleznata reka at an altitude of 1,300 m about a kilometer northwest of the summit of Haydushki Kamak (1,721 m), the highest peak in the Sveti Nikola section of the northwestern part of the Balkan Mountains. It flows north in a deep forested valley until the village of Stakevtsi and after the junction of the road to the village of Krachimir, the river turns east and crosses the Vedernik ridge. After the junction to Belogradchik, it turns southeast and then east, flowing in a wide valley. Some 1.2 km before its mouth it is joined by its largest tributary, the Chuprenska reka. The river flows into the Lom at an altitude of 218 m at the village of Yanyovets.[1]
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 328 km2, or 26.5% of the Lom's total.[1] The river has predominantly snow–rain feed. The average annual discharge at the village of Borovitsa is 2 m3/s.[1]
