Bregalnica

Bregalnica
Native name	Брегалница (Macedonian)
Location
Country	North Macedonia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maleševo Mountains close to Berovo
Mouth
• location	Vardar
• coordinates	41°36′21″N 21°55′12″E / 41.6059°N 21.9201°E / 41.6059; 21.9201
Length	211.5 km (131.4 mi)
Basin size	4,307 km2 (1,663 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Vardar→ Aegean Sea
Tributaries
• left	Ratevska, Osojnica, Zrnovska, Kozjacka, Otinja, Lakavica
• right	Zelevica, Kamenicka, Orizarska, Kocanska, Zletovica, Svetinikolska

Bregalnica (Macedonian: Брегалница, pronounced [ˈbrɛɡalnit͡sa] ^ⓘ) is the second largest river in North Macedonia. It starts as a spring near the mountain city of Berovo and it passes near the cities of Makedonska Kamenica, Kočani, Vinica and Štip, before joining the river Vardar on its way to the Aegean Sea. Recent issues have concentrated around the pollution of the river, as many of the factories located in the cities through which it passes used it as a dumping ground for waste waters, which is further aggravated with the pesticide-treated waters of the extensive rice fields near the city of Kočani.^[1][2] It was the place of Battle of Bregalnica.