# Banska

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{{Infobox river
| name              = Banska
| image             = River Banska, Dobrich.jpg
| image_size        = 
| image_caption     = River Banska in [Dobrich](/source/Dobrich%2C_Haskovo_Province)
| source1_location  ={{coord|41.894315|25.176265}} 
| mouth_location    = [Maritsa](/source/Maritsa)
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42.0634|25.5632|display=it|region:BG_type:river}}
| progression       = {{RMaritsa}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
| length            =37 km 
| source1_elevation =686 m 
| mouth_elevation   =98 m 
| discharge1_avg    =3.6 m³/s 
| basin_size        =337 km² 
| tributaries_left  =Sazlakdere, Saltakdere, Kurtdere, Gorskoizvorsa River 
| tributaries_right =Selsko dere, Uzundere, Domuzdere, Gidiklidere, 
|waterbodies=Garvanovo Dam}}

The '''Banska river'''  ({{langx|bg|Банска река}}), also known as '''Dobrichka reka'''  ({{langx|bg|Добричка река}})  is a river in [Haskovo Province](/source/Haskovo_Province), southeastern [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). The river is {{convert|37|km|mi}} long.<ref name="haskovocom">{{cite web|url=http://www.haskovo.com/bg/page_35_40.html|title=Река Банска, област Хасково|publisher=Haskovo.com|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=16 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711150633/http://www.haskovo.com/bg/page_35_40.html|archive-date=11 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Banska springs out from the base of St.Elias Peak(801.3 m)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Желязков |first=Ведрин |title=Bulgaria TOPO map |url=http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/vedrin/details/K-35-075-1.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=web.uni-plovdiv.bg |language=bulgarian}}</ref>  at 686 m altitude in the [Eastern Rhodopes](/source/Eastern_Rhodopes). It passes through  the villages of [Susam](/source/Susam_(village)), [Tatarevo](/source/Tatarevo%2C_Haskovo_Province), [Garvanovo](/source/Garvanovo), [Klokotnitsa](/source/Klokotnitsa_(Haskovo)), [Kasnakovo](/source/Kasnakovo) and [Dobrich](/source/Dobrich%2C_Haskovo_Province). Between Tatarevo and Garvanovo it forms the [Boaza Gorge](/source/Boaza_Gorge). The river flows into the [Maritsa](/source/Maritsa) near [Dimitrovgrad](/source/Dimitrovgrad%2C_Bulgaria) as a right tributary.<ref name="haskovocom"/>

In 1230 the [Battle of Klokotnitsa](/source/Battle_of_Klokotnitsa) occurred near the banks of the river.<ref name="haskovocom"/>

The Banska River is inhabited by a large number of fish species, including the [Mullet](/source/Mullet_(fish)), [Danube Bleak](/source/Danube_Bleak), the [Carassius](/source/Carassius), [Vimba](/source/Vimba_vimba) and the [Common Nase](/source/Common_Nase).<ref name="haskovocom"/>

==References==
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Category:Rivers of Bulgaria
Category:Rivers of Haskovo Province
Category:Rivers of Plovdiv Province

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