The Skomlya () is a river in northwestern

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, a right tributary of the

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. Its length is 42 km. The river takes its source at an altitude of 560 m in the Belogradchishki Venets ridge of the Pre-Balkan range, close to the road Gara Oreshets–

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. It flows in the western Danubian Plain in general direction northeast throughout its whole course. Between the villages of Dalgo Pole and Septemvriytsi its valley is canyon-like. It then crosses the Orsoy Plain and flows into the Danube at an altitude of 29 m. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 163 km² and is situated between the basins of the rivers Archar to the northwest and Lom to the southeast. The river has predominantly snow–rain feed. The Skomlya flows entirely in

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. There are three settlements along its course, the villages of Gara Oreshets, Skomlya and Septemvriytsi, all of them in Dimovo Municipality. It waters are utilized for irrigation.

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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 (

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) , isbn = Rivers of Bulgaria Landforms of Vidin Province