Luda Kamchiya ( bg, Луда Камчия , ) is a river in eastern
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 Macedon ...
, the main tributary of the
Kamchiya
The Kamchiya (also Kamchia and Kamčija, bg, Камчия ) is a river in eastern Bulgaria. From its longest source, Golyama Kamchiya (Big Kamchiya), it has a total length of (. The river Kamchiya proper starts from the confluence of the two ...
river.
[Victor Fet, Alexi Popov; Biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria; 2007]
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/ref> The river has a total length of 180 km and a drainage basin of 1610 km2, with an average slope of 5.3‰.
Luda Kamchiya rises from the Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border betw ...
in the area of Sliven
Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace.
Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turk ...
, then flows between two arms of the mountains before crossing through the Luda Kamchiya Gorge The Luda Kamchiya Gorge is a gorge in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria. It connects Dalgopol and Karnobat.
The road and railroad follow the course of the Kamchiya
The Kamchiya (also Kamchia and Kamčija, bg, Камчия ) i ...
and flowing into northern Bulgaria, joining Golyama Kamchiya near Dalgopol
Dalgopol ( bg, Дългопол, ; also transliterated ''Dǎlgopol'') is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province. As of ...
to form the Kamchiya river.
The river valley provides an important route between Northern and Southern Bulgaria, with a major railway line following the course of the river. There are also two significant reservoirs build on Luda Kamchiya: Kamchiya and Tsonevo.
References
Rivers of Bulgaria
Landforms of Sliven Province
Landforms of Varna Province
Landforms of Burgas Province
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