Sarnena reka
General data
- Name: Sarnena reka
- Water system: Nestos
- Water type: River
- Progression: Dospat -> Nestos -> Aegean Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates:
- Continents: Europe
- Countries: Bulgaria
The Sarnena reka (Bulgarian: Сърнена река) is a 39 km-long river in the western Rhodope Mountains. It is the Dospat's longest and most important tributary. The Sarnena reka springs at an altitude of 1,780 m some 650 m southwest of the summit of Pazartepe (1,794 m) in the Veliyshko-Videnishki Ridge of the western Rhodope Mountains. Throughout its whole course the river valley is deep and densely forested. The Sarnena reka initially flows southeast until the third class III-197 road Dospat–Devin near the village of Zmeitsa, where it takes a sharp turn to the southwest. It keeps that direction until the confluence with the Dospat at an altitude of 1,090 m at the village of Barutin. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 181 km2.
