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Kalnitsa
The Kalnitsa () is a 72 km long river in southern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Sinapovska reka, itself a left tributary of the Tundzha of the Maritsa drainage. It is the largest tributary of the Sinapovska reka and is longer than the latter. The river takes its source under the name Tekirya at an altitude of 203 m in the Svetiiliyski Heights, some 1.3 km southeast of the village of Pitovo. Along its entire length, it flows in a shallow valley with a sandy bed and with a very small longitudinal slope (0.15 m/km). In its upper course, the flows through the western part of the Yambol Field, initially in eastern direction until the village of Boyadzhik, and then in southeastern direction to General Inzovo, where its bed is corrected with water protection dikes. The Kalnitsa then winds around the Manastirski Heights from the east and downstream of the village of Pchela flows through the western part of the Elhovo Field with numerous meanders. It flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Bulgaria
This is a list of rivers in Bulgaria, organised geographically, taken clockwise from the westernmost tributaries of the Danube drainage. Tributaries are listed down the page in an downstream direction, i.e. the first tributary listed is closest to the source, and tributaries of tributaries are treated similarly. The main stem (or principal) river of a catchment is labelled as (MS), right-bank tributaries are indicated by (R), left-bank tributaries by (L). Note that in general usage, the 'right or left bank of a river' refers to the right or left hand bank, as seen when looking downstream. The list encompasses most of the main rivers of Bulgaria. It includes rivers shared with other countries. There is also a list of rivers over 50 km. The Bulgarian word for river, ''река'' (transliteration ''reka'') is often a part of the river names in the country. Overview There are 540 rivers in Bulgaria. The longest river in Bulgaria is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetiiliyski Heights
Svetiiliyski Heights (, meaning the Heights of St Elijah) are a hilly ridge in southeastern Bulgaria. Administratively, they lie in Sliven and Yambol Provinces. The heights are situated between the Upper Thracian Plain to the west and the Elhovo Field to the east. To the north are the eastern reaches of the Sredna Gora mountain range and to the south are the Manastirski Heights. The hilly ridge span some 25 km from west–northwest to east–southeast. The width varies between 5 km and 6 km. The highest point is at the elevation of Ostrata Vila (416 m), situated about 2.5 km southwest of the village of Pitovo in the northwestern part of the heights. They are built up of granite, limestone, marl and tuff. There are small deposits of iron ore near the village of Boyadzhik. The climate is transitional continental with Mediterranean influence. The Svetiiliyski Heights are drained by the rivers Kalnitsa, a right tributary of the Tundzha, and Ovcharitsa, a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinapovska Reka
The Sinapovska reka () is a river in southern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Tundzha of the Maritsa drainage, with a length of 50 km. The river takes its source under the name Golyamata reka at an altitude of 574 m in the small Sakar mountain range, some 3 km north of its highest summit Vishegrad (856 m). It initially flows in direction northwest and then northeast in a narrow valley. At the village of Dobroselets the river changes direction first to the east and then to the southeast, flowing between the northern slopes of Sakar in the south and the southern slopes of the Manastirski Heights to the north. In this section its valley significantly widens and has an asymmetrical profile with steeper right (southern) slopes. After the village of Sinapovo, it enters the southwestern part of the Elhovo Field. The Sinapovska reka flows into the Tundzha at an altitude of 96 m one kilometer northeast of the village of Knyazhevo. Its drainage basin cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manastirski Heights
Manastirski Heights () are a hilly ridge in southeastern Bulgaria. Administratively, they lie in Haskovo Province, Haskovo, Stara Zagora Province, Stara Zagora and Yambol Provinces. The heights are situated between the Upper Thracian Plain to the west and the Elhovo Field to the east. To the north are the Svetiiliyski Heights and to the south several low hills link them with the Sakar (mountain), Sakar mountain range. The Manastirski Heights span some 30 km from west–southwest to east–northeast. The width varies from 15 km in the west to 5 km in the east. The western and southwestern part of the ridge consists of low-lying hills and the higher eastern area is dominated by two clearly defined dome-shapes elevations, separated by a flat saddle. The western elevation is Gradishte (600 m), situated about 1.2 km northwest of the village of Golyam Manastir, and is the highest point of the Manastirski Heights. They are built up of gabbro and crystalline schist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Haskovo Province
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, cliffs, hills, mounds, peninsulas, ridges, rivers, valleys, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elhovo Municipality
Elhovo ( ) is a Bulgarian town in Yambol Province, located on the left bank of the Tundzha river, between Strandzha and Sakar mountains. Second largest city in the region after Jambol, the city is located at 36 km from border checkpoint Lesovo – Hamzabeyli on the Bulgarian – Turkish border. Elhovo is the administrative center of Elhovo municipality, which includes 21 villages (municipalities). The city's population as of 15 March 2023, was 9422 inhabitants. The town's name derives from the Bulgarian word for "alder" and the placename suffix '' -ovo''. During the Ottoman rule it was known as , also meaning "alder". Geography Elhovo is located on the left bank of the Tundzha River in the southeastern part of the Thracian Valley (Thrace) between Strandzha mountain and Sakar Mountain in the fertile field. 38 km from the town of Yambol, 100 km from the town of Burgas and 339 km southeast of Sofia. Settlement system Elhovo is located in the southeastern pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tundzha Municipality
Tundzha Municipality () is a municipality of Yambol Province, southeastern Bulgaria. The municipality has an area of 1,218.86 square kilometres, making it the second-largest by area in the country after the Capital Municipality (i.e. the city of Sofia). It covers 44 villages and has a population of 21,435 according to 2005 data. All the villages in the province are administratively equal, and the administrative centre of the municipality is located in the provincial capital of Yambol, which is not part of Tundzha municipality itself: the city is equivalent to Yambol Municipality, which is an enclave within Tundzha Municipality. Tundzha municipality is named after the Tundzha, Tundzha River, the most significant tributary of the Maritsa. The following villages are part of Tundzha Municipality: A notable native is Ivan Atanasov, the father of John Vincent Atanasoff (1903–1995), Bulgarian Americans, Bulgarian American physicist and inventor of the first automatic electronic digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haskovo Province
Haskovo Province (; former name ''Haskovo okrug'') is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Haskovo. The province has a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, , of 256,408 inhabitants. /ref> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yambol Province
Yambol (, ''oblast Yambol'', former name Okrug, Yambol okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, neighbouring Turkey to the south. It is named after its main city Yambol, while other towns include Straldzha, Bolyarovo and Elhovo. The province embraces a territory of that is divided into five municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 138,429. Municipalities The Yambol province (област, ''oblast'') contains five municipalities (общини, ''obshtini''; singular: община, ''obshtina''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009. History and background The motto of the town of Yambol is "Coming from the remote past, going to the future". Archaeological findings in the area date back to the year 6000 BC, to the time of Ancient Rome, Roman Emperor Diocletian's reign when the castle, called Diospolis, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliven Province
Sliven Province (, former name Sliven okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Sliven. It has a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into four municipalities, with a total population, as of December 2009, of 204,887.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 /ref> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
