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There are 540 rivers in Bulgaria. [1] The longest river in Bulgaria is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of the country's northern border for a length of 470 km. The longest one to run through the country (and also the deepest) is the Maritsa (480 km), while the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria is the Iskar (368 km).
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Map of Bulgaria. This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) [1] and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. [2] The largest city is Sofia with about 1.4 million inhabitants and the smallest is Melnik with about 300 ...
The borders of Bulgaria have a total length of 2,245 km; of them 1,181 km are land boundary and 686 km are formed by rivers. The coastline is 378 km. [9] [10] The northern border with Romania is 609 km. Most of the frontier (470 km) is formed by the river Danube from the mouth of the river Timok in the west to the city of Silistra in the
Pages in category "Rivers of Bulgaria" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. ... Aheloy (river) Arapliyska reka; Archar (river) Arda ...
The city of Veliko Tarnovo, situated on several hills overlooking the river along its middle course, served as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the 12–14th centuries, and remains and important cultural, economic and tourist center in Bulgaria. [4] Another major city on the river is Gabrovo, an early education and industrial hub ...
The river enters the Balkan Mountains at the town of Novi Iskar and forms a long and spectacular gorge, whose slopes reach a height of 200 m up to 500 m at some points. [13] [20] The Iskar Gorge reaches a length of 70 km between its beginning at Kurilo, a neighbourhood of Novi Iskar, and the village of Lyutibrod which marks its end.
Almost the entire length of the river valley apart is traversed by roads of the national network, including a 14.9 km stretch of the second class II-34 road Pleven–Nikopol, a 33.3 km section of the second class II-35 road Pleven–Lovech–Troyan–Karnare, a 55.7 km stretch of the third class III-301 road Kozar Belene–Letnitsa–Lovech, a ...