Nestos
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Nestos - Mesta Νέστος, Места |
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 Mesta / Nestos (red line) - in Bulgaria and Greece |
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| location | Bulgaria , Greece | |
| River system | Nestos | |
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Rila Mountains 42 ° 7 ′ 10 ″ N , 23 ° 35 ′ 10 ″ E |
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Aegean Sea Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 51 ″ N , 24 ° 48 ′ 15 ″ E 40 ° 50 ′ 51 ″ N , 24 ° 48 ′ 15 ″ E |
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0 m
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| length | 243 km | |
| Left tributaries | Dospat | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Thissavros reservoir | |
 View of the Mesta / Nestos |
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 The Mesta / Nestos in the Rhodope Mountains |
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The Mesta ( Bulgarian Места ), or the Nestos ( Greek Νέστος ) is a river in Bulgaria and northern Greece and is one of the five major rivers in Greece and Bulgaria. In Greece it currently marks the border between the geographic region of Macedonia in the west and Thrace in the east.
The length of the Nestos is 230 to 243 km (depending on the length calculation), of which 104 to 130 km are in Greece and 113 to 126 km in Bulgaria. The Nestos rises in the Rila mountain range in Bulgaria in the north and flows into the Aegean Sea (more precisely into the Thracian Sea ) in the south in the form of a delta north of the island of Thasos . In a north-south direction it initially flows through the mountain ranges of the western Rhodope and the Falakro . In Bulgaria the course of the Nestos forms valleys in the Rila and Pirin Mountains. The main tributary is the Dospat .
Many special ecosystems can be found along the Nestos. The river delta of the Nestos is a hydrobiotope with alluvial land, freshwater lakes and lagoons. In particular because of its bird fauna with 300 bird species, it is a protected area in the form of a national park, which also includes the lakes Vistonida and Ismarida to the east . The delta extends in a west-east direction from Nea Karvali near Kavala to Avdira or Abdera , in a north-south direction from the height of the city of Chrysoupoli to the coast.
The river forest on the banks of the Nestos is also important . By the middle of the 20th century, very large parts of the original area of these river forests were destroyed, mainly through human action. Only 4500 acres remain today on both sides of the Nestos and are under nature protection.
In its Greek course, the Nestos is dammed up to the Thissavros reservoir (172 m high dam at 480 m above sea level) and three other reservoirs.
The river is namesake for Mesta Peak , a mountain on Livingston Island in Antarctica.
Movie
- Andreas Schulze: lagoons, dunes, primeval forests: In the Greek Nestos Delta , ISBN 978-3-89763-799-3 .
