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List of rivers of Bulgaria

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List of rivers of Bulgaria

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Map of rivers, drainage divide and main drainage basins in Bulgaria<br/>

a1 Timok

a2 Topolovets

a3 Voynishka reka

a4 Vidbol

a5 Archar

a6 Skomlya

a7 Lom

a8 Tsibritsa

a9 Ogosta

a10 Iskar

a11 Vit

a12 Osam

a13 Barata

a14 Yantra

a15 Rusenski Lom

a16 Topchiyska reka

a17 Tsaratsar

a18 Senkovets

a19 Kanagyol

a20 Suha reka

a21 Nishava

b0 Shablenska reka

b1 Batova reka

b2 Provadiyska reka

b3 Kamchiya

b18 Fandakliyska reka

b4 Dvoynitsa

b5 Hadzhiyska reka

b6 Aheloy

b7 Aytoska reka

b8 Chukarska reka

b9 Rusokastrenska reka

b10 Sredetska reka

b11 Fakiyska reka

b12 Izvorska reka

b13 Ropotamo

b14 Dyavolska reka

b15 Kitenska reka

b16 Veleka

b17 Rezovska reka

Aegean sea

c1 Struma

c2 Mesta

c3 Maritsa

c4 Arda

c5 Tundzha

c6 Luda reka]] This is a list of rivers in Bulgaria, organised geographically, taken clockwise from the westernmost tributaries of the Danube drainage. Tributaries are listed down the page in a downstream direction, i.e. the first tributary listed is closest to the source, and tributaries of tributaries are treated similarly. The main stem (or principal) river of a catchment is labelled as (MS), right-bank tributaries are indicated by (R), left-bank tributaries by (L). Note that in general usage, the 'right or left bank of a river' refers to the right or left hand bank, as seen when looking downstream. The list encompasses most of the main rivers of Bulgaria. It includes rivers shared with other countries. There is also a list of rivers over 50 km. The Bulgarian word for river, река (transliteration reka) is often a part of the river names in the country.

Overview

There are 540 rivers in Bulgaria. 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).

The density of rivers is highest in the mountain areas and lowest in Dobrudzha, the Danubian Plain and the Upper Thracian Plain. There are two catchment basins: the Black Sea (57% of the territory and 42% of the rivers) and the Aegean Sea (43% of the territory and 58% of the rivers) basins. The territory of Bulgaria is 110,994 km2, of which 63,270 km2 fall within the Black Sea catchment bason, divided between the Danube (49,950 km2) and Black Sea Coast drainage (13,320 km2), and 47,730 km2 fall within the Aegean Sea basin, divided between the Maritsa (34,166 km2), Mesta (2,767 km2) and Struma (10,797 km2) drainage.

The Balkan Mountains divide Bulgaria into two nearly equal drainage systems. The larger system drains northward to the Black Sea, mainly by way of the Danube. This system includes the entire Danubian Plain and a stretch of land running 48–80 km inland from the coastline in the south. The Danube gets slightly more than 4% of its total volume from its Bulgarian tributaries. As it flows along the northern border, the Danube averages 1.6 to 2.4 km in width. 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 km2, is the only Bulgarian Danubian tributary that does not rise in the Balkan Mountains. Instead, the Iskar has its origin in the Rila Mountains. It passes through Sofia's eastern suburbs and crosses the Balkan Mountains through a spectacular 65 km–long gorge. Other important tributaries of the Danube include the rivers Lom, Ogosta, Vit, Osam and Yantra. The longest river flowing directly to the Black Sea is the Kamchiya (254 km), while other rivers from north to south include the Batova, Dvoynitsa, Aheloy, Sredetska reka, Ropotamo, Veleka, Rezovo, etc.

The Aegean Sea catchment basin drains the Thracian Plain and most of the higher lands to the south and southwest. Several major rivers flow directly to the Aegean Sea. Many of their tributaries fall swiftly from the mountains and have cut deep, scenic gorges. The 480 km–long Maritsa (of them 321 km in Bulgaria) and its tributaries drain all of the western Thracian Plain, most of Sredna Gora, the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains, and the northern slopes of the eastern Rhodopes. After it leaves Bulgaria, the Maritsa forms most of the Greco-Turkish border. Maritsa's major tributaries are the Tundzha, Arda, Topolnitsa, Vacha, Stryama, etc. The other Bulgarian rivers flowing directly to the Aegean are the Struma and the Mesta.

Black Sea Drainage

Danube Drainage

  • Danube (MS)
    • (outside Bulgaria) Great Morava (R)
      • (outside Bulgaria) South Morava (L)
        • Nišava (R)
          • Gaberska reka (L)
          • Erma (L)
          • (outside Bulgaria) Temštica (R)
            • Visochitsa (R)
    • Timok (R)
    • Topolovets (R)
      • Rabrovska reka (L)
      • Deleynska reka (L)
    • Voynishka reka (R)
    • Vidbol (R)
    • Archar (R)
      • Salashka reka (R)
    • Skomlya (R)
    • Lom (R)
      • Stakevska reka (L)
        • Chuprenska reka (R)
      • Nechinska bara (L)
    • Tsibritsa (R)
      • Tsibar (L)
      • Dushilnitsa (L)
    • Ogosta (R)
      • Prevalska reka (L)
      • Dalgodelska Ogosta (R)
      • Zlatitsa (R)
      • Barzia (R)
      • Shugavitsa (R)
      • Botunya (R)
      • Ribine (R)
      • Skat (R)
        • Barzina (L)
    • Iskar (R)
      • Cherni Iskar (L)
      • Beli Iskar (R)
      • Musalenska Bistritsa (R)
      • Palakaria (L)
      • Shipochanitsa (R)
      • Zheleznishka reka (L)
      • Vitoshka Bistritsa (L)
      • Perlovska (L)
        • Boyanska reka (L)
        • Vladaya (L)
      • Lesnovska reka (R)
      • Kakach (L)
      • Blato (L)
      • Batuliyska reka (R)
      • Iskretska reka (L)
      • Gabrovnitsa (R)
      • Malki Iskar (R)
        • Bebresh (L)
      • Zlatna Panega (R)
      • Gostilya (L)
    • Vit (R)
      • Cherni Vit (L)
      • Beli Vit (R)
      • Kalnik (R)
      • Kamenitsa (R)
      • Chernyalka (R)
      • Tuchenitsa (R)
    • Osam (R)
      • Beli Osam (L)
      • Cherni Osam (R)
      • Komanska reka (L)
      • Suha reka (L)
      • Shavarna (L)
      • Lomya (R)
    • Barata (R)
    • Yantra (R)
      • Belitsa (R)
        • Dryanovska reka (L)
      • Stara reka (R)
        • Golyama reka (R)
        • Veselina (L)
          • Zlatarishka reka (R)
      • Rositsa (L)
        • Vidima (L)
        • Negovanka (R)
        • Bohot (R)
      • Eliyska reka (L)
      • Studena (L)
    • Rusenski Lom (R)
      • Cherni Lom (L)
        • Baniski Lom (L)
      • Beli Lom (R)
        • Hlebarovska reka (R)
        • Malki Lom (R)
    • Topchiyska reka (R)
    • Tsaratsar (R)
    • Senkovets (R)
    • Kanagyol (R)
      • Harsovska reka (R)
    • Suha reka (R)
      • Karamandere (L)
      • Dobrichka reka (R)

Black Sea Coast

  • Shablenska reka (Ms)
  • Batova (Ms)
  • Provadiya (Ms)
    • Matnishka reka (R)
    • Kriva reka (L)
    • Devnya (L)
  • Kamchiya (Ms)
    • Golyama Kamchiya (L)
      • Eleshnitsa (R)
      • Vrana (L)
      • Poroyna (L)
      • Stara reka (L)
      • Brestova reka (R)
    • Luda Kamchiya (R)
      • Kotlenska reka (L)
      • Medvenska reka (L)
    • Eleshnitsa (R)
  • Dvoynitsa (Ms)
  • Hadzhiyska reka (Ms)
  • Aheloy (Ms)
  • Aytoska reka (Ms)
  • Chukarska reka (Ms)
  • Rusokastrenska reka (Ms)
  • Sredetska reka (Ms)
    • Gospodarevska reka (L)
  • Fakiyska reka (Ms)
  • Izvorska reka (Ms)
  • Ropotamo (Ms)
  • Dyavolska reka (Ms)
  • Karaagach (Ms)
  • Veleka (Ms)
    • Mladezhka reka (L)
  • Rezovo (Ms)

Aegean Sea Drainage

  • Maritsa (Ms)

    • Ibar (R)
    • Yadenitsa (R)
    • Chepinska reka (R)
      • Matnitsa (R)
    • Topolnitsa (L)
      • Bunovska reka (R)
      • Mativir (R)
    • Luda Yana (L)
    • Stara reka (R)
    • Vacha (R)
      • Shirokolashka (R)
      • Devinska reka (L)
      • Gashnya (L)
    • Potoka (L)
    • Parvenetska reka (R)
    • Pyasachnik (L)
    • Chepelare (R)
      • Yugovska reka (R)
        • Sushitsa (R)
    • Stryama (R)
      • Byala reka (L)
    • Srebra (L)
    • Cherkezitsa (R)
    • Brezovska reka (L)
    • Omurovska reka (L)
    • Mechka (R)
    • Tekirska reka (L)
    • Kayaliyka (R)
    • Starata reka (L)
    • Banska (R)
    • Merichlerska reka (L)
    • Martinka (L)
    • Arpadere (L)
    • Sazliyka (L)
      • Blatnitsa (L)
      • Ovcharitsa (L)
      • Sokolitsa (L)
    • Harmanliyska reka (R)
      • Haskovska reka (L)
    • Biserska reka (R)
    • Golyama reka (L)
    • Levchenska reka (L)
    • Arda (R)
      • Cherna (L)
      • Malka Arda (L)
      • Borovitsa (L)
      • Varbitsa (R)
      • Perperek (L)
      • Krumovitsa (R)
      • Aterenska reka (R)
    • Tundzha (L)
      • Tazha (L)
      • Maglizhka reka (L)
      • Asenovska reka (L)
      • Mochuritsa (L)
      • Popovska reka (L)
        • Krushevska reka (R)
        • Arapliyska reka (L)
          • Boyalashka reka (R)
      • Sinapovska reka (R)
        • Kalnitsa (L)
    • Luda reka (R)
      • Byala Reka (L)

  • Mesta (Ms)

    • Cherna Mesta (L)
    • Byala Mesta (R)
    • Iztok (R)
      • Glazne (R)
        • Banderitsa (L)
        • Demyanitsa (R)
    • Disilitsa (R)
    • Retizhe (R)
    • Kanina (L)
      • Vishteritsa (R)
    • Chechka Bistritsa (L)
    • Dospat (L)
      • Sarnena reka (L)

  • Struma (Ms)

    • Konska reka (R)
    • Arkata (L)
    • Treklyanska reka (R)
    • Dragovishtitsa (R)
    • Sovolyanska Bistritsa (R)
    • Eleshnitsa (R)
    • Dzherman (L)
    • Rilska River (L)
    • Blagoevgradska Bistritsa (L)
    • Gradevska reka (L)
    • Vlahina reka (L)
    • Lebnitsa (R)
    • Sandanska Bistritsa (L)
    • Strumeshnitsa (R)
    • Melnishka reka (L)
    • Pirinska Bistritsa (L)

List of rivers over 50 km

No.ImageRiverLengthLength in BulgariaBasinAnnual flowMap
1[[File:Iztochna-promishlena-zona-ruse.jpg100px]]Danube2852 km470 km802266 km26500 m3/s
2[[File:Harmanli PD 2011 36.JPG100px]]Maritsa472 km322 km53000 km2234 m3/s
3[[File:Viewing for Struma river.jpg100px]]Struma415 km290 km17300 km276.2 m3/s
4[[File:Тунджа 19.jpg100px]]Tundzha390 km350 km8429 km239.7 m3/s
5[[File:Iskar near Karlukovo Iz3.jpg100px]]Iskar368 km368 km8646 km254.5 m3/s
6[[File:River Osam at Devetaki.jpg100px]]Osam314 km314 km2824 km212.6 m3/s
7[[File:Veliko Tarnovo (Велико Търново) - Asenova Mahala quarter.JPG100px]]Yantra285 km285 km7862 km218.1 m3/s
8[[File:Madzharovo.jpg100px]]Arda272 km241 km5795 km277 m3/s
9[[File:Mesta Teplen DSC03909.jpg100px]]Mesta246 km126 km3447 km229.85 m3/s
10[[File:The kamchia river galleryfull-world66.jpg100px]]Kamchiya245 km245 km5358 km227.7 m3/s
11[[File:Около река Нишава.jpg100px]]Nišava218 km40 km3950 km236 m3/s
12[[File:April2003 (22) Timok.JPG100px]]Timok202 km15 km4630 km240 m3/s
13[[File:Gradets-river.JPG100px]]Luda Kamchiya202 km202 km1612 km211.4 m3/s
14[[File:Садовец6.jpg100px]]Vit189 km189 km3225 km214 m3/s
15[[File:Rositsa near Batoshevo 2.JPG100px]]Rositsa164 km164 km2260 km210.6 m3/s
16[[File:Topolnitsa-river.jpg100px]]Topolnitsa155 km155 km1789 km210 m3/s
17[[File:Мали Лом Сваленик.jpg100px]]Beli Lom147 km147 km1549 km22.09 m3/s
18[[File:Veleka-river-dinev.jpg100px]]Veleka147 km123 km995 km29.41 m3/s
19[[File:Sazliyka1.JPG100px]]Sazliyka145 km145 km3239 km218 m3/s
20[[File:Ogosta - 2015 - 2.JPG100px]]Ogosta141 km141 km3157 km225.4 m3/s
21[[File:Skat (river).jpg100px]]Skat144 km144 km1074 km21.7 m3/s
22[[File:Tsjerni Lom01.JPG100px]]Cherni Lom130 km130 km1286 km2
23Suha reka126 km100 km2404 km20.69 m3/s
24[[File:Provadiyska-reka.jpg100px]]Provadiyska reka119 km119 km2132 km22.4 m3/s
25[[File:Река Струмешница, Чинари до Самуилова Крепост.jpg100px]]Strumeshnitsa114 km33 km1900 km212.5 m3/s
26[[File:VachaKrichim.jpg100px]]Vacha112 km112 km1645 km222 m3/s
27[[File:Valchanov most IMG 6911.jpg100px]]Rezovska reka112 km70 km738 km2
28[[File:Kanagyol Valley near Kaolinovo 3.jpg100px]]Kanagyol110 km100 km1745 km20.09 m3/s
29[[File:Stryama River E1.jpg100px]]Stryama110 km110 km1394 km28.56 m3/s
30[[File:The Valley Of Dospat River - North.jpg100px]]Dospat110 km96 km634 km25.21 m3/s
31[[File:Demir_Baba_tekkesi_Razgrad_isperih.jpg100px]]Tsaratsar110 km110 km1062 km20.06 m3/s
32Luda reka100 km20 km1618 km2
33[[File:20100213 Zlatograd Bulgaria 3.jpg100px]]Varbitsa98 km98 km1203 km222.6 m3/s
34[[File:Kriva-bara-bridge-over-Lom-river.jpg100px]]Lom93 km93 km1240 km27.39 m3/s
35Stara reka92 km92 km2458 km215.8 m3/s
36[[File:HarmanliRiver008.jpg100px]]Harmanliyska reka92 km92 km956 km25.47 m3/s
37[[File:Harsovska river.jpg100px]]Harsovska reka91 km91 km1096 km2
38[[File:ZvenimirAykiriOrman.jpg100px]]Senkovets91 km91 km553 km21.7 m3/s
39[[File:Каменово-Топчии_1.jpg100px]]Topchiyska reka89 km89 km660 km2
40Tsibritsa88 km88 km934 km22.5 m3/s
41[[File:Fakiiska River.JPG100px]]Fakiyska reka87 km87 km641 km24.84 m3/s
42[[File:Река_Мочурица.jpg100px]]Mochuritsa86 km86 km1278 km22.7 m3/s
43[[File:Chepelare-river-ngruev.JPG100px]]Chepelarska reka86 km86 km1010 km212 m3/s
44[[File:Malki_Iskar_River_near_Svode_5.jpg100px]]Malki Iskar85 km85 km1284 km29.1 m3/s
45[[File:Chepinska_River_near_Kara_tepe_Iz2.JPG100px]]Chepinska reka83 km83 km900 km27.93 m3/s
46[[File:Местността_„Гюня“.jpg100px]]Golyama reka74 km74 km864 km2
47[[File:Reka_Luda_Qna.jpg100px]]Luda Yana74 km74 km674 km23.6 m3/s
48[[File:Tran_Gorge_048.jpg100px]]Erma74 km25 km2.4 m3/s
49Pyasachnik72 km72 km663 km22.3 m3/s
50Ovcharitsa72 km72 km636 km2
51[[File:Калница_(река).jpg100px]]Kalnitsa72 km72 km577 km21.65 m3/s
52[[File:Поповска_река_2.jpg100px]]Popovska reka72 km72 km533 km20.9 m3/s
53[[File:Височица река.jpg100px]]Visochitsa71 km17 km820 km20.15 km2
54[[File:Kapinovski_waterfall_Iz3.jpg100px]]Veselina70 km70 km882 km22.3 m3/s
55[[File:Dragovishtitsa-river-between-Dolno-Uyno-and-Goranovtsi-3.jpg100px]]Dragovishtitsa70 km25 km867 km28.9 m3/s
56[[File:Byalareka.jpg100px]]Byala reka70 km70 km594 km27.53 m3/s
57Gospodarevska reka70 km70 km422 km2
58Dobrichka reka70 km70 km
59[[File:Sredetska-River-near-Prohod.jpg100px]]Sredetska reka69 km69 km985 km22.8 m3/s
60[[File:Река_Ботуня_под_г_Вършец.jpg100px]]Botunya69 km69 km732 km23.9 m3/s
61Vrana68 km68 km938 km22.74 m3/s
62Topolovets68 km68 km583 km21.23 m3/s
63[[File:Село_Дебнево,_мостът.JPG100px]]Vidima68 km68 km554 km25.6 m3/s
64Karamandere66 km66 km629 km2
65[[File:Lesnovska_River,_Negovan,_Sofia,_Bulgaria_(1).jpg100px]]Lesnovska reka65 km65 km1096 km24.7 m3/s
66Rusokastrenska reka65 km65 km525 km2
67Vidbol62 km62 km330 km20.8 m3/s
68Mativir61 km61 km412 km21.5 m3/s
69[[File:Stara_reka_05.JPG100px]]Stara reka61 km61 km350 km22.74 m3/s
70Sokolitsa61 km61 km343 km2
71[[File:Archar_river.jpg100px]]Archar59 km59 km365 km21.5 m3/s
72Eleshnitsa59 km59 km385 km23.77 m3/s
73[[File:Dryanovski-monastery-outside.jpg100px]]Dryanovska reka59 km59 km336 km22.06 m3/s
74[[File:HPIM4546.jpg100px]]Krumovitsa58 km58 km671 km29.34 m3/s
75Omurovska reka58 km58 km305 km20.85 m3/s
76[[File:Debelets-bridge.jpg100px]]Belitsa57 km57 km740 km22.2 m3/s
77Baniski Lom57 km57 km581 km21.58 m3/s
78[[File:Devin_River_Valley_Iz16.jpg100px]]Devinska reka57 km57 km427 km25 m3/s
79[[File:Мали_Лом_Сваленик_2.jpg100px]]Malki Lom57 km57 km338 km2
80[[File:Zlataritza-reka.jpg100px]]Zlatarishka reka57 km57 km187 km2
81Potoka56 km56 km423 km2
82Martinka55 km55 km395 km2
83[[File:Pelophylax_ridibundus_Nessebar_(06).jpg100px]]Hadzhiyska reka55 km55 km356 km20.64 m3/s
84Voynishka reka55 km55 km276 km20.91 m3/s
85Blatnitsa54 km54 km656 km2
86[[File:View_from_the_Pirinska_Bistrica_river.jpg100px]]Pirinska Bistritsa53 km53 km507 km23.35 m3/s
87Brezovska reka53 km53 km237 km2
88Dvoynitsa52 km52 km479 km27 m3/s
89[[File:Долината_на_Рилска_река_и_Рилски_манастир;_поглед_от_Елени_връх.jpg100px]]Rilska River51 km51 km393 km26.26 m3/s
90[[File:BistricaGurljano.JPG100px]]Sovolyanska Bistritsa51 km51 km300 km22.29 m3/s
91[[File:Treklyano_River_E4.jpg100px]]Treklyanska reka50 km50 km
92[[File:RusenskiLomPark.jpg100px]]Rusenski Lom50 km50 km2874 km25.6 m3/s
93Sinapovska reka50 km50 km871 km21.3 m3/s
94[[File:Zlatna Panega River - Lukovit.jpg100px]]Zlatna Panega50 km50 km350 km24 m3/s
95[[File:View from the Lebnitsa River.jpg100px]]Lebnitsa50 km42 km318 km22.64 m3/s

Citations

References

  • {{cite book | ref= | trans-title = Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria
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References

  1. {{harvnb. Donchev. Karakashev. 2004
  2. {{harvnb. Donchev. Karakashev. 2004
  3. "Hydrology of Bulgaria".
  4. {{harvnb. Donchev. Karakashev. 2004
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