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Aheloy (river)
The Aheloy (), also known as the Achelous, is a river in eastern Bulgaria. It is 40 km long. The river is famous for being the site of the Battle of Achelous that took place on 20 August 917 between Bulgarian ruler Simeon I and the Byzantines under Leo Phocas during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927. It was one of the largest battles in the Middle Ages and among the greatest military successes of the First Bulgarian Empire. The main stem is the Arnautska reka, which springs from the Aytoska Planina division of the eastern Balkan Mountains east of the village of Dryankovets. The river proper is formed from the confluence of the Arnautska reka with the Mangarska reka at an altitude of 166 m, about three kilometers east of the village of Belodol. The Aheloy flows eastwards in a wide alluvial valley until the village of Aleksandrovo, where it turns southeast for the remainder of its length. It flows into the Gulf of Burgas of the Black Sea near a campsite some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia (country), Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is Inflow (hydrology), supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe. The Black Sea, not including the Sea of Azov, covers , has a maximum depth of , and a volume of . Most of its coasts ascend rapidly. These rises are the Pontic Mountains to the south, bar the southwest-facing peninsulas, the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and the Crimean Mountains to the mid-north. In the west, the coast is generally small floodplains below foothills such as the Strandzha; Cape Emine, a dwindling of the east end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Burgas
Gulf of Burgas or Burgas Bay (, ''Burgaski zaliv'') between the coastline and the straight line joining Cape Emine and Cape Maslen nos is the largest bay of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and one of the largest in the Black Sea. The length of the gulf is 44 kilometres. It is 41 km at its widest and 25 m at its deepest, reaching 31 km at its greatest innermost extent, approximately where the Bulgarian city and major port of Burgas is located. Other towns in the region include Pomorie, Sozopol and Nesebar. The Burgas Bay is the Black Sea's westernmost point. The bay gets narrow to the west. While the northern coast is lower and has two big peninsulas, at Nesebar and Pomorie, the southern part of the bay is rougher, with many little inlets and headlands. The water's salinity in the bay is 17‰; the sand is of magnetite Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula . It is one of the iron oxide, oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetism ... [...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] |
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo (, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the historical and spiritual capital of Bulgaria. Often referred to as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra (river), Yantra River and is famously known as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture. The old part of the town is situated on three hills, Tsarevets (fortress), Tsarevets, Trapezitsa (fortress), Trapezitsa, and Sveta Gora, rising amidst the meanders of the Yantra. On Tsarevets are the palaces of the Bulgarian emperors and the Patriarchate, the Ascension Cathedral (Veliko Tarnovo), Patriarchal Cathedral, and also a number of administrative and residential edifices surrounded by thick walls. Trapezitsa is known for its many churches and as the former main residence of the nobility. During the Middle Ages, the town was among the main Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; , ''Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members. It publishes and circulates different scientific works, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and journals, and runs its own publishing house. The activities are distributed in three main branches: ''Natural, mathematical and engineering sciences''; ''Biological, medical and agrarian sciences'' and ''Social sciences, humanities and art''. They are structured in 42 independent scientific institutes, and a dozen of laboratories and other sections. Julian Revalski has been the president of the BAS since 2016. As of 2022, its budget was 119,860 million leva (€61.28 million). History As Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian émigrés founded the ''Bulgarian Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomorie Municipality
Pomorie Municipality (, ) is located in the Burgas Province, Bulgaria. The territory is km2 and the population is . The main economic activities are tourism, wine industry and grape growing. Climate The Pomorie Municipality experiences a mild climate, especially in the winters which see little precipitation. Natural resources Black-sand beaches containing magnetic compounds can be visited near the town of Pomorie. Several natural regions are located in the Pomorie Municipality. These include the Pomoriysko Lake (Lake Pomorie), Chairite, Koriata and the Dobrovanski Gabi. Lake Pomorie is a natural hyper- saline lagoon north of the town of Pomorie. Parts of the lake have been turned into salt-pans. Subdivision There are three sub-regions of the territory which include the Black Sea coast, the Tundzhanska undulating plain and the Eastern Stara Planina. The center is the town of Pomorie Pomorie ( ), historically known as Anchialos (, ), is a town and seaside resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medovo, Burgas Province
Medovo is a village in the municipality of Pomorie, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t .... Accessed May 5, 2010 References Villages in Burgas Province {{Burgas-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgas Municipality
Burgas Municipality ( Bulgarian: Община Бургас, ''Obshtina Burgas'') is the most populated municipality in Burgas Province. It includes Burgas Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ..., the town of Balgarovo and 12 villages. After a referendum in 2011 Izvor became part of Burgas Municipality. Demographics Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: References External links * {{Coord, 42.4934, N, 27.4725, E, source:wikidata, display=title Municipalities in Burgas Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draganovo, Burgas Province
Draganovo () is a village in Burgas Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. Demographics According to 2011 Bulgarian census The 2011 Census, population census in Bulgaria was conducted between February 1 and 28 by the National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), National Statistical Institute (NSI). It is the 17th population census in the demographic history of Bulgaria. ..., the village had Turkish majority. According to the 2022 census the village has 437 people. References Villages in Burgas Province {{Burgas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgas Province
Burgas (, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre, the city of Burgas, the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, with a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 13 municipalities. It has a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aytoska Reka
The Aytoska reka () is a 32.5 km long river in eastern Bulgaria that flows into Lake Burgas, which drains into the Black Sea. The river takes its source in the western part of the Aytoska Planina division of the eastern Balkan Mountains at an altitude of 344 m, some 2.5 km north of the village of Lyaskovo. It flows in direction south–southeast through the Burgas Plain in a wide valley. The Aytoska reka flows into Lake Burgas about 2.4 km southwest of the Dolno Ezerovo neighbourhood of the city of Burgas. The lake itself drains into the Gulf of Burgas in the Black Sea. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 305 km2. The river has predominantly rain feed with high water in February–March and low water in August–September. The average annual flow near the town of Kameno is 0.60 m3/s. The Aytoska reka flows entirely in Burgas Province in the municipalities of Aytos, Kameno and Burgas. There are two towns along its course, Aytos and Kameno. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadzhiyska Reka
The Hadzhiyska reka () is a 55 km long river in eastern Bulgaria that flows into the Black Sea. The river takes its source in the western part of the Eminska Planina division of the eastern Balkan Mountains at an altitude of 482 m, about two kilometers south of the village of Dobra Polyana. In its first four kilometers the Hadzhiyska reka flows southwards and then turns east in a wide valley between the Eminska Planina to the north and the Aytoska Planina to the south. Downstream of the village of Galabets its turns southeast, passes through the Poroy Reservoir and flows into the Nesabar Bay of the Black Sea in the southern part of Sunny Beach, the largest seaside resort in Bulgaria, and north of the town of Nesebar. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 356 km2. To the north its basin follows the ridge of the Eminska Planina, which separates it from the basin of the river Dvoynitsa. To the south the ridge of the Aytoska Planina forms the boundary with the dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
