Devnya (river)
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The Devnya () is a 27 km long river in northeastern
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 ...
, a left tributary of the Provadiya, which flows into
Lake Beloslav Lake Beloslav () is a liman, which connected by a navigation canal with Lake Varna. Before the canal was built the lake was freshwater, but now the water is brackish. The rivers Devnya and Provadiyska flow into Lake Beloslav. The area of the li ...
draining into the
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 bound ...
. The river takes its source from several karst springs, situated north and northeast of the town of Suvorovo. Its main stem is the Mezenska Cheshma spring at an altitude of 314 m some 2 km north of the town. It flows south in a wide valley. The Devnya originally flowed into Lake Beloslav but following the construction of the Varna-Devnya Industrial Complex its lower course was diverted to the river Provadiya at an altitude of 13 m about 2 km east of the latter's mouth at Lake Beloslav. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 201 km2, or 9.4% of the Provadiya's total. The outflow of the river is formed by the numerous karst springs along the course, including important springs at the town of
Devnya Devnya ( ) is a town in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located about 25 km away to the west from the city of Varna and The Black Sea Coast. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Devnya Municipality. As of December 2009, ...
, and is almost independent of the seasons. Until 1960 the average annual flow was 3 m3/s. Due to the capture of many of the springs and the water utilization for the nearby industrial complex and the city of
Varna Varna may refer to: Places Europe *Varna, Bulgaria, a city ** Varna Province ** Varna Municipality ** Gulf of Varna ** Lake Varna **Varna Necropolis * Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy * Varna (Šabac), a village in Serbia Asia * Var ...
, the flow has dropped to 0.5 m3/s. The Devnya flows entirely in
Varna Province Varna Province (), formerly known as Varna okrug, is a province in eastern Bulgaria, one of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities with a population of 494,216 as of April 2016.Chernevo in Suvorovo Municipality and the town of Devnya in
Devnya Municipality Devnya Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Devnya. The municipality embraces a territory ...
. The Reka Devnia Hoard discovered in 1929 near the river close to the ruins of the ancient city of
Marcianopolis Marcianopolis or Marcianople (Greek: Μαρκιανούπολις), also known as Parthenopolis was an ancient Greek, then Roman capital city and archbishopric in Moesia Inferior. It is located at the site of modern-day Devnya, Bulgaria. The a ...
, is the largest treasure of Roman silver coins ever found, consisting of about 100,000 coins with a weight of 350 kg.


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* {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria, 1980 , title = Географски речник на България , trans-title = Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria , last1 = Мичев (Michev) , first1 = Николай (Nikolay) , last2 = Михайлов (Mihaylov) , first2 = Цветко (Tsvetko) , last3 = Вапцаров (Vaptsarov) , first3 = Иван (Ivan) , last4 = Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev) , first4 = Светлин (Svetlin) , chapter = , year = 1980 , language = Bulgarian , publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura) , location = София (
Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
) , isbn = Rivers of Bulgaria Landforms of Varna Province