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Kamenitsa (Vit)
The Kamenitsa () or Kamenka (Каменка) is a 49 km-long river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Vit, itself a right tributary of the Danube. It is the largest tributary of the Vit. The Kamenitsa takes its source at an altitude of 600 m, on the southwestern foothills of the Lovech Heights of the fore-Balkan, west of the village of Sokolovo. It flows west in a narrow forested valley until the confluence with the Sopotska reka, the river then turns northwest and the valley widens. Downstream of the town of Ugarchin it forms a picturesque gorge and heads north. Upstream of the village of Bezhanovo the river enters another gorge, takes its largest tributary the Katunetska reka, forms a third gorge and flows into the Vit at an altitude of 136 m some 1.4 km northwest of Bezhanovo. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 498 km2 or 15.4% of the Vit's total. The Kamenitsa has rain, snow and karst spring feed with high water in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vit (river)
The Vit (; ) is a river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. Its length including the main stem Beli (White) Vit is 189 km, while the river proper, formed by the confluence of the Beli and Cherni (Black) Vit is 153 km. Vit Ice Piedmont in Antarctica is named after the river. The fish species Cottus haemusi, Vit sculpin of the genus ''Cottus (fish), Cottus'' is endemic to the Vit. Geography Course The main stem the Beli Vit is 36 km long and takes its source at an altitude of 1,595 m on the western foothills of the summit of Yumruka (1,819 m) at the boundary between the Zlatitsa–Teteven and the Troyan sections of the Balkan Mountains and flows in general direction northwest in a steep forested valley. The other stem, the 27 km long Cherni Vit, springs at an altitude of 1,980 m about 800 m northwest of the summit of Baba (2,070 m) in the Zlatitsa–Teteven section of the Balkan Mountains and flows north in a deep f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danube
The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire. In the 21st century, it connects ten European countries, running through their territories or marking a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Among the many List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river are four national capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade. Its drainage basin amounts to and extends into nine more countries. The Danube's longest headstream, the Breg (river), Breg, rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, while the river carries its name from its ... [...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] |
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 to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the tenth largest within the European Union and the List of European countries by area, sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna, Bulgaria, Varna. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Karanovo culture (6,500 BC). In the 6th to 3rd century BC, the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Ancient Macedonians, Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolovo, Lovech Province
Sokolovo () is a village in Lovech Municipality, Lovech Province, central northern Bulgaria. Geography Sokolovo is set among the Lovech Heights in the northern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. It lies southwest of the provincial centre Lovech and northeast of the I-4 road ( European route E772) junction at Mikre. The extensive state hunting ground Byalka covers in the forested hills immediately to the north and west of Sokolovo. Red deer, fallow deer, roe deer and wild boars roam the hunting grounds. In the 20th century, Bulgarian communist leader Todor Zhivkov regularly visited Byalka for hare hunting, joined by famous writers and Politburo members. The minor Tosha River, a right tributary of the Vit's largest tributary the Kamenitsa, flows through Sokolovo. It has its source in Byalka and then flows north-northwest to Radyuvene and Katunets, joining the Kamenitsa at Bezhanovo. According to the 2011 Bulgarian census, Sokolovo had a population of 121. 113 were ethnic B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugarchin
Ugarchin ( ) is a town located along the Kamenitsa river in the Lovech Province in central northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ugarchin Municipality. The town is about 30 kilometers away in the west from the main centre of the province (Lovech). As of December 2009, it had a population of 2,832 inhabitants which sunk to 2,354 by end of 2018. Ugarchin is situated in the northern part of the Balkan Mountains at the foot the high peaks and down the river Kamenitsa and its minor tributaries: Lepetora, Sveta, Greshki Dol and others. It is situated in a basin rounded with small hills: Ivan Dyal hill to the south; Visokata Mogila (Chukara) to the east; to the north are Beli Kamak, Sredno Bardo and Zabiti Kamak hills; and to the west are Goli Rat and Chukata. The Ugarchin town holiday takes place every year on 22 March and the traditional Autumn Fair is every 22 September. The President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov visited the town of Ugarchin on 22 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bezhanovo, Lovech Province
Bezhanovo is a village in Lukovit 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] |
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] |
Dragana, Bulgaria
Dragana is a village in Ugarchin 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] |
Ugarchin Municipality
Ugarchin Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Ugarchin. The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 7,181 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Settlements # Dragana ( Драгана) # Golets ( Голец) # Kalenik ( Каленик) # Katunets ( Катунец) # Kirchevo ( Кирчево) # Lesidren ( Лесидрен) # Mikre ( Микре) # Orlyane ( Орляне) # Slavshtitsa ( Славщица) # Sopot ( Сопот) # Ugarchin ( Угърчин) Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. 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: See also *Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukovit Municipality
Lukovit Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the Fore-Balkan area to the southern parts of Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Lukovit. The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 19,469 inhabitants, as of December 2009.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 The west operating part of Hemus motorway is planned to continue through the area linking the province centre |
Lukovit
Lukovit ( ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Lovech Province. It is situated on both banks of the Zlatna Panega between the Danubian Plain and the foot of Stara Planina. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 9,630.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 The town was first mentioned in Ottoman registers of 1430. In 1495, it had 47 households. Between 1683 and 1687, Lukovit was part of an Ottoman process of forceful , but was never completely converted as late as 1860 when it had 250 < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
