Byala reka (Stryama tributary)
General data
- Name: Byala reka (Stryama tributary)
- Water system: Maritsa (Evros)
- Water type: River
- Progression: Stryama -> Maritsa (Evros) -> Aegean Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Bulgaria
The Byala reka is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Stryama with a length of 37 km. Its upper course falls within the Dzhendema nature reserve of the Central Balkan National Park.
The Byala reka takes its source at an altitude of 2,048 m in the Kalofer division of the Balkan Mountains, at the western foothills of the summit of Botev, the highest in the mountain range. It in to the Stryama at an altitude of 268 m upstream of the Stryama Gorge. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 239 km2.
