Dospat is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Smolyan Province, situated in the Rhodope Mountains, close to Dospat Dam. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dospat Municipality.

The Chechka Bistritsa is a 49 km-long river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Mesta of the Aegean Sea basin. It flows through the historical region of Chech.