A river of western Bulgaria rising in the Rhodope Mountains and flowing about 402 km (250 mi) generally north and northeast to the Danube River.
Iskŭr
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Is·kŭr Is·kar (ĭs'kər) 
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A river of western Bulgaria rising in the Rhodope Mountains and flowing about 402 km (250 mi) generally north and northeast to the Danube River.
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Iskŭr (ĭs'kĕr), river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the Rhodope Mts., W Bulgaria, and flowing generally NE past Sofia and through the Balkan Mts. to the Danube River. The gorge of the Iskŭr is one of the chief passes through the Balkans.
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