| Dospat (Δεσπάτης) | |
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Dospat River at its mouth. |
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Dospat River system. |
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| Origin | Rhodope Mountains |
| Mouth | Mesta/Nestos |
| Basin countries | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Length | 110 km (68 mi) |
| Source elevation | 1,610 m (5,280 ft) |
| Mouth elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
| Basin area | 633.5 km2 (244.6 sq mi) |
| Left tributaries | Sarnena River |
| Right tributaries | Kochan River, Osina River |
The Dospat (Bulgarian: Доспат; Greek: Δεσπάτης, Despatis) is a river in the Western Rhodope Mountains, the most important tributary of the Mesta.
It takes its source from Bulgaria, from the 1643-metre-high Rozov vrah ("Rose Peak") and flows southeast until Dospat Dam, after which it makes a turn southwest to continue generally to the south and flow into the Mesta as a left tributary on Greek territory just south of the Greek-Bulgarian border. The river has a drainage basin of 633.5 km²