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Map of drainage systems and drainage divide in Bulgaria Bulgaria has a dense network of about 540 rivers, but with the notable exception of the Danube , most have short length and low water-level. The density is highest in the mountain areas and lowest in Dobrudzha, the Danubian Plain and the Upper Thracian Plain. [ 5 ]
The river's highest water levels usually occur during the May floods; it is frozen over an average of 40 days per year. The longest river located entirely in Bulgarian territory, the Iskar, with a length of 368 km and a catchment area of 8,640 km 2 , is the only Bulgarian Danubian tributary that does not rise in the Balkan Mountains.
Geologically, Iskar is the oldest river in the Balkan Peninsula. Its watershed drains 8,617 km 2[2] in the provinces of Sofia, Sofia City, Vratsa, Lovech and Pleven. The Iskar flows through nine towns and numerous villages. The Iskar river basin is home to more than 50 species of fish, including Cottus haemusi that is endemic to the upper Iskar ...
The Iskar Reservoir (язовир „Искър“) is the largest reservoir in Bulgaria. Situated on the Iskar River, it provides two-third of the water for the capital Sofia, and also produces hydroelectricity. The reservoir has a total volume of 673 million m 3, of which 580 million are in use and the rest is reserve. The reservoir has a ...
Bulgaria, [a] officially the Republic of Bulgaria, [b] 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 to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north.
Lake Burgas. Lake Burgas (Bulgarian: Бургаско езеро, Burgasko ezero) or Lake Vaya (езеро Вая, ezero Vaya), located near the Black Sea west of the city of Burgas, is the largest natural lake in Bulgaria, with an area of 27.60 km 2, a length of 9.6 km and a width of 2.5 to 5 km. It is up to 34 m deep.
186 m (610 ft) Ogosta (Bulgarian: Язовир Огоста) is a lake and reservoir in the north-west of Bulgaria. The second largest artificial lake in Bulgaria (after the Iskar Reservoir), and also in the wider Balkan Peninsula, it is one of the biggest in Europe. Collecting the waters of the rivers Ogosta, Burzia, and Zlatitsa, the lake ...
This is a list of reservoirs in Bulgaria: Note: In Bulgaria, a dam ( Bulgarian язовир) is often used to refer the body of water, rather than the structure. It signifies that the body of water is man-made instead of natural.