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II-35 Road (Bulgaria)
Republican Road II-35 () is a 2nd class road in Bulgaria, running in general direction north–south through the territory of Pleven, Lovech and Sofia Provinces. Its length is 126.3 km. Route description The road starts at Km 80.1 of the first class I-3 road north of the village of Grivitsa in the Danubian Plain and heads southwest to the city of Pleven, passing through its center. It then turns south, crosses the Pleven Heights and the village of Brestovets and enters Lovech Province. The road passes through the eastern part of the Lovech Heights and reaches the city of Lovech and the valley of the river Osam. It continues southwards of the city ascending the Osam valley along the left bank of the river. It intersects with the first class I-4 road at the latter's Km 50, passes through the Mikrene Heights and reaches the town of Troyan. From Troyan the road continues along the left bank of the river Beli Osam, runs through the village of Balkanets and begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beklemeto Pass
Beklemeto Pass ( ), also known as Troyan Pass ( ), is a mountain pass in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in 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 .... It connects Troyan and Karnare on the Karlovo Plain. The pass is in north-central Bulgaria 20 km from the town of Troyan. The pass features a ski resort. The pass is on one of the main roads connecting northern and southern Bulgaria. This was the Roman ''Via Trayana'' (Trajan road), and some of the Roman remains can still be seen. North of the pass was the fortress of Ad Radices, south of it was Sub Radices, and at the pass was the crest station of Montemno (Monte Haemo), the foundation of which is still visible. Close to the pass there is a monument dedicated to the liberation struggle of the Bulga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Province
Sofia Province () is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains the seat of its administration. The province borders on the provinces of Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Lovech, Vratsa, Montana, and "Sofia City Province" (which is in a separate ''oblast'', see Sofia Administration), and borders with Serbia to the northwest. History Prehistory and antiquity Archaeological excavations near Chavdar suggest that the region has been settled by humans as early as 7,000 years ago. The earliest evidence of a mass settlement dates back to Thracian times, including ''tumuli'' (burial mounds) which remain poorly studied. According to Thucydides, the areas north of Vitosha were inhabited by the Tilataei and the Treri. The Triballi were also known to have inhabited the region around Serdica. The Serdi, a Celtic tribe that appeared in place of the vanished Treri and Tilataei, were first mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province (: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name okrug, Plovdiv okrug) is a provinces of Bulgaria, province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 with a population, as of February 2011, of 683,027 inhabitants. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre — the city of Plovdiv. Geography Plovdiv Province includes parts of the Upper Thracian Plain, the Rhodopes, Sredna Gora, the Sub-Balkan valleys ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs for about , first in a south-easterly direction along the border, then eastward across Bulgaria, forming a natural barrier between the northern and southern halves of the country, before finally reaching the Black Sea at Cape Emine. The mountains reach their highest point with Botev Peak at . In much of the central and eastern sections, the summit forms the watershed between the drainage basins of the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. A prominent gap in the mountains is formed by the predominantly narrow Iskar Gorge, a few miles north of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The karst relief determines the large number of caves, including Magura Cave, Magura, featuring the most important and extended European post-Palaeolithic cave painting, Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkanets
Balkanets is a village in Troyan Municipality, Lovech Province, northern 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 Dec 30, 2014 References Villages in Lovech Province {{Lovech-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-4 Road (Bulgaria)
Republican road I-4 () is a major road in Northern Bulgaria. It runs between I-3 road, at the town of Yablanitsa, and I-2 road, at the city of Shumen. The total length of the road is and it follows European route E772. The road passes though the provinces of Lovech, Gaborovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Targovishte and Shumen. Description The road begins from a junction at Km 155.8 of the first class I-3 road some 5.8 km northeast of the town of Yablanitsa and heads east throughout its whole route through the fore-Balkan, a hilly region north of the Balkan Mountains. It passes through the village of Brestinitsa, where it links with the Hemus motorway, descends to the valley of the river Vit and then ascends following its right tributary the Kalnik, running through Balgarski Izvor. At the village of Sopot the I-4 enters the valley of another right tributary of the Vit, the Kamenitsa. From there, it follows the northern slopes of the Mikrene Heights, runs through the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osam
The Osam ( ) is a river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. Its length including the main stem Cherni (Black) Osam is 314 km, making it the fifth longest river in Bulgaria. The river proper, formed by the confluence of the Cherni and Beli (White) Osam, is 278 km. Geography Course The main stem the Cherni Osam is 36 km long and takes its source at an altitude of 1,880 m on the southwestern foothills of the summit of Levski (2,166 m) in the Balkan Mountains and flows north. The other stem, the 28 km long Beli Osam, springs at an altitude of 1,560 m northeast of the summit of Ushite (1,637 m) in the Troyan section of the Balkan Mountains and flows northeast in a deep forested valley. The river proper forms by the confluence of the Beli Osam (left branch) and the Cherni Osam (right branch) at an altitude of 371 m in the northern outskirt of the town of Troyan. It flows north to the town of Lovech and then turns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain () constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River, and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide. The Danubian Plain is contiguous with the Wallachian Plain (forming the Lower Danubian Plain), but its elevation is slightly higher and the relief is more hilly and rolling, featuring numerous plateaux and river valleys. The climate is markedly temperate continental with a weak Black Sea influence in the east. Precipitation is on average 450–650 mm a year. Important rivers include the Danube, the Iskar, the Yantra, the Osam, the Vit, the Rusenski Lom, the Ogosta, and the Lom. Among the major cities of the region are Rousse, Pleven, Dobrich, Shumen, Vidin, Silistra, Targovishte, Razgrad, Svishtov and Lom. Minerals The Danubian Plain contains a wide variety of minerals, such as: * Lignite (Lomski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grivitsa
Grivitsa (, ; also transliterated as ''Grivitza'' or ''Grivica'') is a village in Pleven Municipality, Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. It is primarily known as the site of one of the key engagements in the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Geography Located 9 kilometres east of Pleven at an average 208 metres above sea level and lying in the hilly basin of the Vit River, Grivitsa has a population of 1,778 as of December 2009. The railway line connecting Sofia to Varna and Rousse runs through the village, as well as the main road from Pleven to Rousse, Nikopol and Pordim. The highest point of the Central Danubian Plain, the 304-metre-high ''Sredni vrah'' (, "Middle Peak") is just to the east of the village. The soil is rich in clay but suitable for agriculture. The area is also rich in limestone and quarries for its extraction have been built in several places. History The village's location has shifted several times, with the earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovech Province
Lovech Province (, former name Okrug, Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city: Lovech. As of December 2009, the population of the area was151,153.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 /ref> /ref> It covers a total area of approximately 4,129 square km and includes 8 municipalities. Geography and Nature The r ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Road 3 BG
Nat or NAT may refer to: Computing * Network address translation (NAT), in computer networking Chemistry, biology, and medicine * Natural antisense transcript, an RNA transcript in a cell * N-acetyltransferase, an enzyme; also NAT1, NAT2, etc. * Nucleic acid test, for genetic material * Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, a disease * Noradrenaline transporter (NAT), also called norepinephrine transporter (NET) * Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, or Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family * Sodium ammonium tartrate tetrahydrate, the material crystallized by Pasteur as enantiomers Organizations * National Actors Theatre, New York City, U.S. * National AIDS trust, a British charity * National Archives of Thailand * National Assembly of Thailand, the national parliament People * Nat (name), a given name or nickname, usually masculine, and also a surname * Nat (Muslim), a Muslim community in North India * Nat caste, a Hindu caste found in northern India and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
