Sokolitsa
General data
- Name: Sokolitsa
- Water system: Maritsa (Evros)
- Water type: River
- Progression: Sazliyka -> Maritsa (Evros) -> Aegean Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Bulgaria
The Sokolitsa is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Sazliyka with a length of 61 km.
The river takes its source under the name Sakarsko dere at an altitude of 713 m at the southern foothills of the summit of Bogovets in the Sakar mountain range. Until the village of Orlov Dol it flows northwards in a deep valley. The river then turns west and flows in a wide valley with a small longitudinal slope. It flows into the Sazliyka at an altitude of 86 m south of the town of Galabovo.
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 343 km2.
