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Rezovo River
The Bulgarian-Turkish border at the Rezovo River mouth
Native name	Резовска река (Bulgarian) Mutludere (Turkish)
Location
Country	Turkey, Bulgaria
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Istranca mountain, Turkey
Mouth
• location	Black Sea, Bulgarian-Turkish border
• coordinates	41°58′59″N 28°1′46″E / 41.98306°N 28.02944°E / 41.98306; 28.02944
Length	112 km (70 mi)
Basin size	739 km (285 sq mi)

The Rezovo (also Rezovska, Rezvaya and Rezve; Bulgarian: Резовска река [ˈrɛzofskɐ rɛˈka]; Turkish: Mutludere [mutˈludeɾe]) is a river in the extreme southeast of Bulgaria and northernmost part of European Turkey. The river is situated in Bulgaria's Strandzha Nature Park.

River basin

The Rezovo is 112 km long and its source is in the Turkish part of the Strandzha mountains east of Kofçaz in Turkey under the Turkish name of Paspalderesi. It generally flows east from Turkey to Bulgaria, and after Paspala village of Kırklareli Province in Turkey becomes a border river between the Turkey and Bulgaria until its mouth in the Black Sea at Rezovo. This location constitutes the southernmost point of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and the northernmost point of the Turkish one, as well as the southeasternmost point of Bulgaria and northeasternmost point of Turkish Thrace. The Rezovo's catchment spreads over 739 km, of which 555 km are in Turkey, and 184 km in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria-Turkey riverine border

The border at the Rezovo's mouth was the subject of a minor territorial dispute between Bulgaria and Turkey, which was settled in the 1990s. As a result of an agreement between the two countries of 6 May 1992 (ratified by Bulgaria in 1998), Bulgaria received a small land area of several square kilometres in the Rezovo Bay in return for water area in the continental shelf.

References and notes

1. Statistical Yearbook 2017, National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), p. 17

v t e Malko Tarnovo Municipality
Capital: Malko Tarnovo
Villages	Bliznak Brashlyan Byala voda Evrenozovo Gramatikovo Kalovo Mladezhko Slivarovo Stoilovo Vizitsa Zabernovo Zvezdets
Landmarks	Strandzha Nature Park Petrova Niva Uzunbodzhak Reserve Vitanovo Reserve Srednoka Reserve Rezovo River Veleka
Culture	Nestinarstvo
Notable people

v t e Tsarevo Municipality
Capital: Tsarevo
Villages	Ahtopol (town) Balgari Brodilovo Fazanovo Izgrev Kondolovo Kosti Lozenets Rezovo Sinemorets Varvara Velika
Landmarks	Strandzha Nature Park Karaagach River Veleka Rezovo River Silistar Silkosiya Reserve Tisovitsa Reserve
Culture	Nestinarstvo
Notable people

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