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The Seven Lakes are a tourist attraction in Bulgaria because of its natural environment. The lakes are located one above the other and are connected by small streams, which form tiny waterfalls and cascades. Tourist accommodation in the lakes' vicinity include a chalet on the northeastern shore of The Fish Lake, at an elevation of 2,196 m.
Malokamenishki Lakes (20 lakes) Popovo Lake: 0.12: 27,5 Prevalski Lakes (4 lakes) 5,2 Samodivski Lakes (3 lakes) 0.06: Tipitski Lakes (2 lakes) 0.02: 9 Valyavishki Lakes (10 lakes) 18 Vasilashki Lakes (12 lakes) 0.16: 29 Vlahini Lakes (5 lakes) 0.09: 13,4 Glacial lakes (in Rila) Lake of Purity: Marichini Lakes (2 lakes) 0.03: 11 Seven Rila ...
The lakes are formed in three interconnected cascading cirques, giving rise to the glacial valley of the Musalenska Bistritsa, which starts at Rila's highest summit Musala and reaches the winter resort of Borovets further downstream in a northern direction, in the northern foothills of Rila. The first cirque, measuring 740 × 490 m, hosts the ...
Bulgaria's highest mountains are Rila (highest peak Musala, 2925 m; the highest in the Balkans) and Pirin (highest peak Vihren, 2914 m). The large mountain chain of Stara planina (Balkan Mountains) runs west–east across the entire country, bisecting it and giving the name to the entire Balkan peninsula.
Seven Rila Lakes in the Rila mountains 33. Saeva Dupka Cave in the Balkan Mountains 41. Plovdiv Roman theatre 45. Hristo Botev's house in Kalofer 47. The Bachkovo Monastery 58. Boyana Church 58. National Museum of History 71. The 6th century Saint Sofia Church in Sofia 74. Stone river in Vitosha 85. The Wonderful Bridges 91. Thracian Tomb of ...
Most of the park's lake groups fall within Rilska's catchment zone – Smradlivite Lakes, a group of three lakes that includes Bulgaria's largest glacial lake with an area of 21.2 ha, a volume of 1.72 million m 3 and a depth of 28 m; [20] the Black Lake; Devil's Lake (seven lakes); Monastery Lake (three lakes); Marinkovsko Lake; the Dry Lake ...
Rila National Park (Bulgarian: Национален парк „Рила“) is the largest national park in Bulgaria spanning an area of 810.46 km 2 (312.92 sq mi; 200,270 acres) in the Rila mountain range in the south-west of the country.
The Seven Rila Lakes in Rila mountain, Bulgaria, are of glacial origin. The Great Lakes as seen from space. The Great Lakes are the largest glacial lakes in the world. The prehistoric glacial Lake Agassiz once held more water than contained by all lakes in the world today. A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity ...