This is a list of rivers in Bulgaria. The longest river that Bulgaria has a bank on is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of the country's northern border. 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 Iskar may refer to: ;Bulgaria * Iskar (river), a river in western Bulgaria * Iskar Reservoir, situated on the Iskar River * Iskar (town), a town in the Iskar Municipality of the Pleven Province * Iskar Municipality * Iskar, Sofia, one of 24 muni ...

(368 km).

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A country rich in water resources, Bulgaria has a large number of rivers that are divided into several regions based on their mouth's location. Rivers of northern Bulgaria, with the exception of the very east of the region, are typically tributaries of the Danube. Notable rivers in the area are the

Vit VIT may refer to: * Vitoria Airport (IATA code VIT; ICAO airport code LEVT), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain * VIT University (disambiguation) * Victorian Institute of Teaching * Vellore Institute of Technology * Vidyalankar Institute of ...

, Ogosta, Osam and Yantra. The rivers in the eastern part of the country are typically short (except for Kamchiya) and flow into the Black Sea. Notable rivers in the region include the Kamchiya,

Batova The Batova ( bg, Батова) is a river in northeastern Bulgaria. The river flows in a wide valley between the Dobruja plateau to the north and the Franga plateau to the south, ultimately flowing directly into the Black Sea. The Batova is only 3 ...

Provadiyska Provadiya (Провадия, Провадийска река, ''Provadiya, Provadiyska reka''; "Provadiya river") is a river in northeastern Bulgaria. It takes its name from the town of Provadiya. It is 119 km long and has a drainage basin of ...

, Devnenska, Ropotamo, Veleka and Rezovska. Most of the rivers that rise in southern Bulgaria have their mouths in the Aegean Sea outside Bulgarian territory. A notable exception is the Iskar that takes its source from

Rila Rila ( bg, Рила, ) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula and Southeast Europe. It is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and forms part of the Rila–Rhodope Mountains, Rhodope Massif. The highest summit is Mus ...

and runs through

Stara Planina 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 ...

forming a gorge to reach the Danube. Depending on their location, they are divided into two regions, a Western Aegean and Eastern Aegean one. The former embraces the Struma and

Mesta The ''Mesta'' () was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836. Although best known for its organisation of the annual migrat ...

, while rivers in the latter include the

Arda Arda or ARDA may refer to: Places *Arda (Maritsa), a river in Bulgaria and Greece * Arda (Italy), a river in Italy *Arda (Douro), a river in Portugal * Arda, Bulgaria, a village in southern Bulgaria * Arda, County Fermanagh, a townland in County ...

, Maritsa and

Tundzha The Tundzha ( bg, Тунджа , tr, Tunca , el, Τόνζος ) is a river in Bulgaria and Turkey (known in antiquity as the Tonsus) and the most significant tributary of the Maritsa, emptying into it on Turkish territory near Edirne. The rive ...

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Bulgaria map drainage divide and river bassins

Archar River The Archar ( bg, Арчар, ) or Archaritsa ( ) is a river in the western Danubian Plain of northern Bulgaria and a right tributary of the Danube. It originates in the western Balkan Mountains and is around 60 kilometres in length, with a drain ...

Batova reka The Batova ( bg, Батова) is a river in northeastern Bulgaria. The river flows in a wide valley between the Dobruja plateau to the north and the Franga plateau to the south, ultimately flowing directly into the Black Sea. The Batova is only 39 ...

* Bistritsa * Bunayska * Danube * Deleynska reka * Devil's River *

Dospat Dospat ( bg, Доспат) is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Smolyan Province, situated in the Rhodope Mountains, close to Dospat Dam. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dospat Municipality. As of December 2010, t ...

* Dzhulyunitsa * Erma * Fakiyska reka *

** Cherni Iskar **

Palakaria The Palakaria ( bg, Палакария) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Iskar. The river is 39 km long and takes its source from the southern slopes of the summit of Kupena in Vitosha mountain range at an altitu ...

* Kamchiya ** Golyama Kamchiya (Bulgarian: ''Big Kamchiya'') ** Luda Kamchiya (Bulgarian: ''Mad Kamchiya'') * Kajalijka (river flowing through Iskra and Bryagovo into the Maritsa) * Kriva *

Krumovitsa The Krumovitsa ( bg, Крумовица) is a river in the eastern Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. The river valley is formed by the Krumovitsa River and the Djushun River together with the surrounding low mountain slopes. Geography and geology T ...

Lebnitsa Lebnitsa is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), als ...

* Lom *

Luda Reka The Erythropotamos ( el, Ερυθροπόταμος, meaning "red river") or Luda reka ( bg, Луда река, meaning "mad river") is a river in southern Bulgaria (Haskovo Province) and northeastern Greece ( Evros regional unit). Its Turkish na ...

(Bulgarian ''Mad River'') ** Byala reka (Bulgarian: ''White river'') *

Luda Yana The Luda Yana ( bg, Луда Яна, "Crazy Yana") is a 74 km-long river in southern Bulgaria, a northern tributary of the Maritsa River. It runs through the towns of Panagyurishte and Strelcha, as well as a number of villages, including P ...

(Bulgarian: ''Mad Yana'') * Maritsa * Matevir * Mechka (Bulgarian: ''Bear'') *

Bela Mesta Bela may refer to: Places Asia *Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara * Bela, Dang, in Nepal * Bela, Janakpur, ...

(Bulgarian: ''White Mesta'') **

Cherna Mesta Cherna Mesta (village) is a village in Yakoruda Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria.G ...

(Bulgarian: ''Black Mesta'') * Ogosta * Osam *

Provadiyska reka Provadiya (Провадия, Провадийска река, ''Provadiya, Provadiyska reka''; "Provadiya river") is a river in northeastern Bulgaria. It takes its name from the town of Provadiya. It is 119 km long and has a drainage basin of ...

(Bulgarian: ''River of Provadia'') * Pyasachnik (Bulgarian: ''Sandstone'') * Rezovo * Ropotamo * Rusenski Lom **

Beli Lom Beli may refer to: People * Beli ap Rhun (c. 580–c. 599), king of Gwynedd * Beli I of Alt Clut (perhaps died ''c''. 627), Brittonic king * Beli II of Alt Clut (died ''c''. died 722), Brittonic king * Ljubiša Preletačević Beli (bo ...

(Bulgarian: ''White Lom'') ** Cherni Lom (Bulgarian: ''Black Lom'') * Rusokastrenska reka (Bulgarian: ''River of

Rusokastro Rusokastro (from Greek Ρουσόκαστρο) is a village in Kameno Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Sazliyka The Sazliyka or Rakitnitsa ( bg, Сазлийка,, ; also transliterated ''Sazlijka'' or ''Sazliika'') is a river in southeastern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Maritsa. It originates in the Sarnena Sredna Gora mountains. In its upper course ...

Shirokolashka reka The Shirokolashka ( bg, Широколъшка река) is a river of Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria. It is a tributary of the Vacha River. Along the river are villages such as Shiroka Laka Shiroka Laka ( bg, Широка лъка ) is a village in ...

(Bulgarian: ''River of

Shiroka Laka Shiroka Laka ( bg, Широка лъка ) is a village in the very south of Bulgaria, located in Smolyan municipality, Smolyan Province. It is a proclaimed architectural and folklore reserve and lies in the central Rhodope Mountains, 23 km (14 ...

'') *

Sredetska Sredetska reka (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Средецка река) is a river in eastern Bulgaria. It is 69 km long with a catchment area of 985 km2.Stewart W. Franks, Thorsten Wagener: ''Regional hydrological impacts of climatic ...

Stara reka Stara is a village in the administrative district on Gmina Aleksandrów, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Aleksandrów, south-east of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south-east of ...

(Bulgarian: ''Old river'') * Struma ** Rilska reka * Strumeshnitsa *

Stryama The Stryama ( bg, Стряма , known in Antiquity as ''Syrmus'') is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important left tributary of the Maritsa. The river is 98.7 km long and has a drainage basin of 1,490 km2. The Stryama has its source ...

Suha reka Suha may refer to: * Suha (given name), a Sanskrit or Arabic feminine given name. Meaning "Star" * Suha (Bratunac), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Suha, Živinice, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Suha, Iran, a village in Ardabil Provin ...

(Bulgarian: ''Dry river'') *

Timok The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 k ...

* Topolnitsa (in Bulgarian, ''Topola'' means ''poplar'') *

Tsibritsa The Tsibritsa ( bg, Цибрица, ; also transliterated as ''Cibrica'', ''Tzibritza''; la, Ciabrus) is a river in the western Danubian Plain of northern Bulgaria and a right tributary of the Danube. The river originates in the Shiroka Planina ...

* Vacha * Varbitsa * Veleka *

Beli Vit The Vit also Vid ( bg, Вит; la, Utus) is a river in central northern Bulgaria with a length of 188 km. It is a tributary of Danube. The source of the Vit is in Stara Planina, below Vezhen Peak at an altitude of 2,030 m, and it empties into ...

(Bulgarian: ''White Vit'') **

Cherni Vit Cherni Vit ( bg, Черни Вит, "Black Vit"") is a village in Teteven Municipality, Lovech Province, north central Bulgaria. The village is known for its local kind of green cheese Green cheese is a fresh cheese that has not thoroughly dried n ...

(Bulgarian: ''Black Vit'') *

Voynishka reka The Voynishka reka ( bg, Войнишка река) is a river in northwestern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. Its length is 55 km. The river takes its source under the name Chichilka reka at an altitude of 664 m, less than ...

(Bulgarian: ''Soldier's river'') * Yantra ** Rositsa * Zlatna Panega (Bulgarian: ''Golden Panega'') Note: in

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

, ''reka'' means ''river''.

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