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Blatnitsa (river)
The Blatnitsa () is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Sazliyka, itself a left tributary of the Maritsa. It has a length of 54 km. The river takes its source at an altitude of 266 m from the Kapaklia spring, located in the easternmost reaches of the Sredna Gora mountain range, some 1 km southeast of the village of Staro Selo. Throughout its whole course the Blatnitsa flows through the Upper Thracian Plain in a shallow valley. It initially flows south, at the village of Konyovo it turns in direction west-southwest until the town of Nova Zagora, when it takes a turn to the south-southwest until its confluence with the Sazliyka at an altitude of 108 m in the southwestern neighbourhoods of the town of Radnevo. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 656 km2 or 20.25% of the Sazliyka's total. The Blatnitsa has predominantly rain feed with high water in January–May and low water in July–October. The river flows in Sliven and St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sredna Gora
Sredna Gora ( ) is a mountain range in central Bulgaria, situated south of and parallel to the Balkan Mountains and extending from the river Iskar (river), Iskar to the west and the elbow of river Tundzha north of the city of Yambol to the east. Sredna Gora is 285 km long, reaching 50 km at its greatest width. Its highest peak is Golyam Bogdan at . It is part of the Srednogorie Mountain range, mountain chain system, which extends longitudinally across the most country from west to east, between the Balkan Mountains and the Sub-Balkan valleys to the north and the Kraishte, Rila and the Upper Thracian Plain to the south. The mountain is divided into three parts by the rivers Topolnitsa River, Topolnitsa and Stryama — ''Ihtimanska Sredna Gora'' to the west, ''Sashtinska Sredna Gora'' in the center, and ''Sarnena Sredna Gora'' to the east. Compared to most other mountain ranges in Bulgaria, Sredna Gora has lower average altitude, which determines higher temperatures ... [...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] |
Simeonovgrad
Simeonovgrad ( ) is a town in the Haskovo Province of southern Bulgaria, located on both banks of the Maritsa River. Three bridges connect the town's two parts. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Simeonovgrad Municipality. Landmarks Near Simeonovgrad lie the ruins of the Ancient Roman and Byzantine fortress of ''Constantia (''Greek: Κωνσταντία) from the Late Antiquity (4th century AD), which developed into one of the large towns of Northern Thrace until the beginning of the 13th century. Religion The dominant religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The town has two churches, the Church of the Most Holy Mother of God in the town centre and the Church of St Nicholas the Thaumaturge in the Zlati dol quarter. Etymology The town's historical names were Seymen and later, during 1872–1929, Tarnovo–Seymen () – named after the Ottoman-era seymen paramilitary units. For most of the Socialist period, between 1946–1981, the town was named Marit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmanli
Harmanli ( , ) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Harmanli Municipality. Near the site of Hamanli in Late Antiquity, during the early 4th-century Cibalensean War, the Battle of Mardia was fought between the Roman emperors Licinius and Constantine the Great. Harmanli was founded 1510 along the road connecting Central Europe and Anatolia. Geography Its territory spreads over some parts of the Upper Thracian Lowlands between the oblique south slopes of the Sredna Gora and precipitous north slopes of the Rhodope Mountains. The south boundary of the Thracian lowlands is outlined by the north Rhodope foot, along which it leans close on the north Rhodopes, between the lower end of the Momina Klisura defile (at 300 m elevation) and the beginning of the Harmanli defile (at 80 m elevation). The Maritsa River flows near the city. The climate of the area is temperate continental, which determines the variety of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radnevo Municipality
Radnevo ( ) is a town in southern Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province, located in the eastern Upper Thracian Lowlands. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Radnevo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 13,384. The far east corner of Radnevo is the location of the Maritsa Iztok-2 power station. This power station was ranked as the industrial facility that is causing the highest damage costs to health and the environment in Bulgaria and the entire European Union. Notable natives include Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politician Dimitar Dragiev (1869–1943), poet Geo Milev (1895–1925), Bulgarian international footballer Andrey Zhelyazkov (b. 1952). Honour Radnevo Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarcti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Zagora Municipality
Nova Zagora Municipality () is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Nova Zagora was 39,010. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (14.08%) and Gypsies/Romani (3.67%). 11.18% of the population's ethnicity was unknown. Villages In addition to the capital town of Nova Zagora, there are 32 villages in the municipality: References {{Sliven Province Municipalities in Sliven Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyubenova Mahala
Lubenov (masculine, ) or Lubenova (feminine, ), also transliterated as Lyubenov/Lyubenova, is a Bulgarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksandar Lyubenov (born 1995), Bulgarian footballer * Boris Lubenov (born 1947), Bulgarian sprint canoeist * Lyubomir Lubenov (born 1980), Bulgarian footballer *Lyubomir Lyubenov (canoeist) Lyubomir Lyubenov (, born 26 August 1957) is a Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won a gold in the C-1 1000 m event and a silver in the C-1 500 m even ... (born 1957), Bulgarian sprint canoeist * Paisiy Lubenov, Bulgarian sprint canoeist {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubenov Bulgarian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Zagora Province
Stara Zagora (), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. The province embraces 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, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sazliyka
The Sazliyka or Rakitnitsa (, ; also transliterated ''Sazlijka'' or ''Sazliika'') is a river in southeastern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Maritsa. It originates in the Sarnena Sredna Gora mountain range. In its upper course until Radnevo, it is also known as the ''Rakitnitsa'' or ''Syuyutliyka''. The river is 145 kilometres in length and is the fifth longest in the Maritsa drainage, following the Tundzha (390 km), the Arda (290 km), the Ergene (281 km) and the Topolnitsa (155 km). The name is thought to be derived from the Ottoman Turkish ''saz'', "bulrush", with a Bulgarian feminine suffix. The name of its upper course, ''Syuyutliyka'', is also from a Turkish root, ''söğüt'', "osier", while ''Rakitnitsa'' is its Bulgarian translation, the equivalent word for "osier" being ''rakita''. Geography The river takes its source under the name Toplitsite at an altitude of 651 m some 1.5 km southwest of the summit of Ruya (812 m) in the S ... [...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] |
