[1] Until the village of Vrachesh the river flows in a deep forested valley between the mountains of Bilo to the northeast and Murgash to the south west in general direction northwest and then north, before entering the Botevgrad Valley.

[1] Its drainage basin covers a territory of 492 km2 or 38.3% of the Malki Iskar's total.

The river and the homonymous reservoir 3 km upstream of Vrachesh are utilized for irrigation and potable water supply of the Botevgrad Valley.

Bebresh reservoir has a volume of 15.1 million m3 and is a popular spot for anglers, with fish autochthonous species such as common barbel, Romanian barbel, European chub, Danube bleak and gudgeon.

Along its valley through the Vitinya Pass runs a 21.7 km stretch of the first class I-1 road Vidin–Sofia–Kulata.