The Dragovištica is formed by the confluence of the Božička reka and the Ljubatska reka at the small town of Bosilegrad in the southeastern part of Serbia, at an altitude of 787 m.
Božička reka
The Božička reka originates in the region of Krajište, between Lake Vlasina to the west and the Bulgarian border to the east, just a few kilometers from the source of another Serbian-Bulgarian river, the Jerma. However, while Jerma flows northward, the Mutnica, as the Božička reka is initially named, flows to the south, between the mountains of Vardenik and Milevska planina. From the village of Božica on the river is known as the Božička reka. It receives the Lisina river from the right at the village of Donja Lisina and continues south to Bosilegrad, where it meets the Ljubatska reka. At Donja Lisina, the Božička reka is dammed, creating an artificial Lisina lake, used as an auxiliary reservoir for the Vrlahydro electricalpower plants on the Vlasina River.
Ljubatska reka
The Ljubatska reka also originates in the Krajište region, but from its southwestern side, from the Besna Kobila mountain near the village of Musut. The river flows through the northern slopes of the Dukat, next to the villages of Gornja Ljubata and Donja Ljubata, before it reaches Bosilegrad. This is one of the many rivers in Serbia, which is very quiet and has a beautiful tourist landscape. By Dusan Djordjevic... The river slowly turns southeast after Bosilegrad, now flowing between the northern slopes of the Miljevska planina to the north and the Dukat mountain to the west. After it passes next to the villages of Rajčilovci, Radičevci and Resen, it receives from the right the Brankovačka reka precisely on the Serbian-Bulgarian border, and enters Bulgaria.
Bulgaria
Immediately after the border and the village of Dolno Uyno, the Dragovishtitsa enters the Kyustendil depression, part of the Struma river valley. The river flows through the southern slopes of the Zemenska planina mountain and through the dual village of Dragovishtitsa. Soon after, the river empties into the Struma near the villages of Razhdavitsa and Shipochano north-northeast of Kyustendil.
