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Blato (river)
The Blato () is a 30 km-long river in western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Iskar (river), Iskar. The river takes its source from a karst spring at an altitude of 554 m, situated some 1.2 km west of the villages of Opitsvet and Bezden. It flows through the Sofia Valley, initially in direction southeast, and downstream of the village of Mramor, Sofia City Province, Mramor it turns east. The river flows into the Iskar at an altitude of 509 m about 1.1 km east of the Kumaritsa neighbourhood of the town of Novi Iskar. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 774 km2 or 9.0% of Iskar's total and drains the whole western portion of the Sofia Valley. The Blato has high water in March–June and low water in July–October. The average annual discharge at the village of Petarch is 0.98 m3/s. The river flows in Sofia Province, Sofia and Sofia City Provinces. There are three towns/cities and four villages along its cource. In Sofia Province are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Valley
The Sofia Valley (), or Sofia Field (), is situated in central western Bulgaria. It is the second of the succession of the eleven Sub-Balkan valleys in direction west–east and is the largest of them in area and population. It is named after the city of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Strategically situated on major crossroads in the center of the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, the valley is an important national and international economic, transportation and cultural hub. Geography The valley is enclosed between the Mount Chepan, Chepan, Mala Planina, Sofia Mountain and Murgash divisions of the Balkan Mountains to the north–northeast, the mountain ranges of Viskyar Mountain, Viskyar, Lyulin Mountain, Lyulin and Vitosha to the southwest, the Lozen Mountain division of the Sredna Gora mountain range to the south and the Vakarel Mountain and Belitsa Ridge of Sredna Gora to the southeast. To the west the watershed between the rivers Gaberska River, Gaberska and Slivnishka, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
