Yugovska reka
General data
- Name: Yugovska reka
- Water system: Maritsa (Evros)
- Water type: River
- Progression: Chepelare -> Maritsa (Evros) -> Aegean Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Bulgaria
The Yugovska reka is a 45 km long river in southern Bulgaria, flowing through Smolyan and Plovdiv Provinces.
The river springs under the name Manastirska reka at an altitude of 1,840 m some 200 m north of the summit of Kurbaneri in the Prespanski division of the western Rhodope Mountains. After the Haydushki Polyani resort area it flows in northern direction in a narrow deep valley, which widens only around the town of Laki, Plovdiv Province, the only settlement along its banks. The river flows into the Chepelarska reka at an altitude of 183 m at the Yugovo Inn on the second class II-86 road Plovdiv–Smolyan–Rudozem. Its largest tributary is the Sushitsa.
Its drainage basin covers a territory of 332 km2.
