Dospat (river)

Dospat (Δεσπάτης)
Dospat River at its mouth.
Origin	Rhodope Mountains
Mouth	Mesta/Nestos 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°E / 41.39028; 24.0875Coordinates: 41°23′25″N 24°5′15″E / 41.39028°N 24.0875°E / 41.39028; 24.0875
Basin countries	Bulgaria, Greece
Basin area	633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi)

The Dospat (Bulgarian: Доспат; Greek: Δεσπάτης, Despatis) is a river in the Western Rhodope Mountains, the most important tributary of the Mesta.

It takes its source from Bulgaria, from the 1643-metre-high Rozov vrah ("Rose Peak") and flows southeast until Dospat Dam, after which it makes a turn southwest to continue generally to the south and flow into the Mesta as a left tributary on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border. The river has a drainage basin of 633.5 km²