| Bregalnica | |
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| Native name | Брегалница (Macedonian) |
| Location | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Maleševo Mountains close to Pehchevo |
| Mouth | |
• location | Vardar |
• coordinates | 41°36′21″N 21°55′12″E / 41.6059°N 21.9201°E |
| 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 Pehchevo 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.
- ^ Soros MK (8 April 2007). "Water Pollution". Soros MK. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ^ Ministry of Urban Planning, Construction and Environment (8 April 2007). "Statement of Environment Report". Ministry of Urban Planning, Construction and Environment. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.