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Batak Hydropower Cascade
The Batak Hydroelectric Cascade ( bg, Баташки водносилов път, translit. ''Batashki Vodnosilov Pat'') is situated in the Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria and is among the first hydroelectric cascades in the country. Inaugurated on 6 September 1959, it includes seven reservoirs and three underground hydro power plants — Batak Hydro Power Plant, Batak, Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station, Peshtera and Aleko Hydro Power Plant, Aleko with a combined installed capacity of 254.2 MW, producing an average of 796 GWh annually. Located in the Rhodope Mountains, the complex receives waters from the drainage basins of the Chepinska reka, Stara reka (Maritsa), Stara reka and Vacha (river), Vacha, right tributaries of the Maritsa, as well as the Dospat (river), Dospat, a left tributary of the Nestos (river), Mesta. Its catchment area is 761 km2 spanning from an altitude of 2,186 m at the summit of Golyama Syutkya to 452 m at the town of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
