The Rositsa ( bg, Росица ) is a river in central northern
Bulgaria, the most important tributary (a left one) of the
Yantra. It is long and has a
drainage basin of .
[ Its ancient name was ''Lyginus''.][The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C. The Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, , I. E. S. Edwards, Cambridge University Press, 1992, , p. 889.]
The river has its source in the Central Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border betw ...
between Shipka Pass to the east and Botev Peak to the west and flows north until Sevlievo, after which it gradually turns east-northeast until emptying into the Yantra. There is a dam on the river some after Sevlievo, Aleksandar Stamboliyski Dam.
An important tributary is the Vidima, which flows into the Rositsa at Sevlievo. Other tributaries include the Negoychevitsa, the Kravenishka, the Byala and the Bagareshtitsa from the left, as well as the Malobuhalshtitsa, the Zelenikovets and the Marishtnitsa from the right.
References
Rivers of Bulgaria
Landforms of Ruse Province
Landforms of Plovdiv Province
Landforms of Gabrovo Province
Landforms of Stara Zagora Province
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