Potoka
General data
- Name: Potoka
- Water system: Maritsa (Evros)
- Water type: River
- Progression: Maritsa (Evros) -> Aegean Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
The Potoka is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa, with a length of 56 km.] The river takes its source from a spring at an altitude of 447 m at the southern foothills of Sredna Gora mountain range, located near the road between the villages of Smilets and Svoboda. It flows in southeastern direction through the Upper Thracian Plain. Downstream of the town of Saedinenie the Potoka riverbed is corrected with protective dikes. It flows into the Maritsa at an altitude of 170 m off the village of Orizare.
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 423 km2.
