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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 ...
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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.
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.
In 2006, Bulgaria had to close four older VVER-440 units as a condition for its accession to the European Union, but now, Denkov stressed that the new units' total capacity will significantly ...
The Urdini Lakes (Bulgarian: Урдини езера [ˈurdini ɛzɛˈra]) are a group of glacial lakes, situated in the northwestern Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. They are not as popular with the tourists as the Seven Rila Lakes further west, because they are situated in the most difficultly accessible areas of the mountain range.