[1] The river takes its source at an altitude of 310 m in the Svetliyski Heights at 1 km east of their highest point Ostrata Vila (416 m).

Until the village of Zlatari it flows in a deep valley and then enters the Upper Thracian Plain.

Downstream from the dam, the Ovcharitsa turns southwest and passes through the open-put coal mines of the Maritsa Iztok Complex, where its bed is completely corrected.

The river flows into the Sazliyka at an altitude of 94 m about 1.3 km to the southwest of the village of Lyubenovo.

The river flows in Sliven, Yambol and Stara Zagora Provinces.