|
Potoka (river)
The Potoka () is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa, with a length of 56 km. The river takes its source from a spring at an altitude of 447 m at the southern foothills of Sredna Gora mountain range, located near the road between the villages of Smilets, Pazardzhik Province, Smilets and Svoboda, Pazardzhik Province, Svoboda. It flows in southeastern direction through the Upper Thracian Plain. Downstream of the town of Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province, Saedinenie the Potoka riverbed is corrected with protective dikes. It flows into the Maritsa at an altitude of 170 m off the village of Orizare, Pazardzhik Province, Orizare. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 423 km2 or 0.8% of Maritsa's total and borders the drainage basins of the Luda Yana to the southwest and the Pyasachnik to the northeast, both left tributaries of the Maritsa. The Pyasachnik has predominantly rain-snow feed with high water in February–May and low water i ... [...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] |
Topoli Dol
Topoli may refer to: Settlements Bulgaria * Topoli, Bulgaria, a town in Varna Province * , a village in Pazardzhik Province Kazakhstan * , known as Topoli until 2006 Russia * , a khutor in Belgorod Oblast * , a khutor in Krasnodar Krai Ukraine * , a village * , a village * , a village * Topoli (rural-type settlement), in Kharkiv Oblast ** , in Kharkiv Oblast * Topoli (village), Kharkiv Oblast * , a village * , a village Other uses * Topoli (film) {{disambiguation ... [...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] |
Plovdiv
Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational centre. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Archeological symbols of Plovdiv Plovdiv is in a fertile region of south-central Bulgaria on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are high. Because of these hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as "The City of the Seven Hills". There is evidence of habitation in the area dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. The city was subsequently a Thracians, Thracian settlement, later being conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagyurishte
Panagyurishte (, also transliterated ''Panagjurište'', ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, situated in a small valley in the Sredna Gora mountains. It is 91 km east of Sofia, 43 km north of Pazardzhik. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Panagyurishte Municipality. Panagyurishte is an important industrial and economic center, the hub of the Bulgarian optical industry and a major copper extraction and processing site. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 15,275. Panagyurishte is a town of significant historical importance, being the center of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. The renowned Thracian Panagyurishte Treasure was found near the town. Geography The town is located in a mountainous area. It lies in the Sredna Gora mountain range. To the north of it, near Panagyurski kolonii, is Mount Bratia (1519 m). The Luda Yana river flows through the town, which joins with its other part a ... [...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] |
Saedinenie Municipality
Saedinenie may refer to: * Saedinenie Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria * Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province Saedinenie ( , until 1934 Golyamo Konare ) is a town in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. As of the 2021 Bulgarian Census, the population was 5,141. There is a new electronics plant there with 300 employees. Honour Saedinenie Snowfield on ... - a town in the Saedinenie Municipality of the Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria * Saedinenie, Burgas Province - a village in the Sungurlare Municipality of the Burgas Province, Bulgaria * Saedinenie, Stara Zagora Province - a village in the Bratya Daskalovi Municipality of the Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria * Saedinenie, Targovishte Province - a village in the Targovishte Municipality of the Targovishte Province, Bulgaria * Saedinenie Snowfield, a glacier in Antarctica {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pazardzhik Province
Pazardzhik Province ( ''Oblast Pazardzhik'', former name Pazardzhik okrug) is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Pazardzhik. The territory is that is divided into 12 municipalities with a total population of 275,548 inhabitants, as of February 2011. History The territory of the Pazardzhik Province has been inhabited since very early times. There are more than 50 discovered Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements. The earliest civilization to inhabit the region were the Thracians. The remains of the Thracian town Besapara are located in the hills near the provincial capital Pazardzhik. The Panagyurishte Treasure unearthed near the northern town of the same name is known as one of the finest examples of Thracian art. The 6.164 kg of 23-karat gold treasure which consists of nine vessels has been dated back to the 4th and 3rd century BC. In the 1st century BC the region became a Roman province and remained in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pazardzhik Municipality
Pazardzhik Municipality () is the second largest municipality in Pazardzhik Province, after Velingrad. It occupies 640 km2 or 14.3% of the province. Its territory encompasses the westernmost parts of the Upper Thracian Plain and is famous for its fertility. Demography The population of 134,295 lives in 32 settlements which include one town (Pazardzhik Pazardzhik ( ) is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, southern Bulgaria. It is the centre of Pazardzhik Province and Pazardzhik Municipality. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain and in the Pazardzhik-Plovdiv Field, a ...) and 31 villages. 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 {{Pazardzhik Municipality Municipalities in Pazardzhik Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyasachnik
The Pyasachnik () is a river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa, with a length of 72 km. The river takes its source at an altitude of 1,512 m at 300 m west of the summit of Shiligarka (1,577 m) in the mountain range of Sredna Gora. Its source lies a few kilometers southeast of Sredna Gora's highest summit, Golyam Bogdan (1,604 m). The Pyasachnik flows in southern–southeastern direction along its whole course, initially in a deep valley until the village of Starosel. Following the Pyasachnik Reservoir a few kilometers downstream of the village, the river flows through the Upper Thracian Plain, where the sandy riverbed is corrected with protective dikes. It flows into the Maritsa at an altitude of 155 m in the northeastern neighbourhoods of the city of Plovdiv. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 663 km2 or 1.25% of Maritsa's total and borders the drainage basins of the Luda Yana to the northwest, the Potoka to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritsa
Maritsa or Maritza ( ), also known as Evros ( ) and Meriç ( ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,Statistical Yearbook 2017 National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), p. 17 it is the List of rivers of Europe, longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans, Balkan peninsula, and one of the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by discharge, largest in Europe by discharge. It flows through Bulgaria in its upper and middle reaches, while its lower course forms much of the border between Greece and Turkey. Its drainage area is about , of which 66.2% is in Bulgaria, 27.5% in Turkey, and 6.3% in Greece. It is the main river of the historical region of Thrace, most of which lies in its drainage basin. It has its origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luda Yana
The Luda Yana (, meaning "Crazy Yana") is a 74 km-long river in southern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Maritsa. There are several version about the river's etymology. According to geographer Pavel Deliradev, the name comes from a combination of its "crazy" flow after heavy rains and a Bulgarian maiden from the period of the Ottoman rule in Bulgaria named Yana, who according to local legend threw herself into the river rather than being forced into a marriage with a Turk. According to the linguist Stefan Mladenov, it is possible that the word "Yana" meant river in the ancient Thracian language. The Luda Yana takes its source at an altitude of 1,423 m near the western foothills of the summit of Bich (1,449 m) in the mountain range of Sredna Gora. It flows in a southwestern direction in a deep valley and turns southwards a few kilometers upstream from the town of Panagyurishte. It then flows the eponymous valley and turns in a southeastern direction near th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
