List of lakes in Bulgaria
This is a list of large and important lakes in Bulgaria . Are added the natural lakes in the country , the reservoirs and selected wetlands. The largest natural lake is Burgas Lake with an area of 27.6 km². The dammed Mandra Lake has an area of 38.8 km².
The seven Rila Lakes, as well as the dammed Kardzhali reservoir, are among the " 100 national tourist objects " (100 национални туристически обекта) Bulgaria.
Lakes by size
The largest lakes in Bulgaria are listed here.
S: reservoir
N: natural lake
NL: natural lake / Liman
NSG: nature reserve
| lake | Art | Area (km²) |
Depth (m) |
Height m above sea level |
Oblast and location |
Remarks | image |
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Mandra lake Мандренско езеро |
SL | 38.8 |
Burgas (location) |
largest reservoir in the country; pent-up liman; NSG Usungeren (March) |
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Burgas Lake Бургаско езеро |
NL | 27.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | Burgas (location) |
largest lake in the country; Liman; NSG |
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Atanasov Lake Атанасовско езеро |
NL | 17.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | Burgas (location) |
Salt water lake ; Liman |
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Lake Varna Варненско езеро |
NL | 17.0 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
Varna (location) |
Salt water lake; Liman |
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Reservoir Kardzhali Кърджали |
S. | 16.1 | 324 |
Kardzhali (location) |
Reservoir |
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Kamchia reservoir язовир Камчия |
S. | 9.6 | Burgas (location) |
Reservoir |
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Lake Pomorie Поморийското езеро |
NL | 8.5 | 1.4 | −0.6 | Burgas (location) |
Salt water lake; Liman; NSG |
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Reservoir Watscha язовир Въча |
NL | 5.2 | 140 | 535 |
Plovdiv (location) |
highest dam in the country; pumped storage power plant |
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Durankulak lake езеро Дуранкулак |
NL | 4.0 | 0.0 |
Dobrich (location) |
Liman; 2 islands |
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Dragoman Marshes Драгоманското блато |
N | 4.0 | Marshland |
Sofia (location) |
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Reservoir Jasna Polyana язовир Ясна Поляна |
S. | 2.3 | Burgas (location) |
Reservoir |
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Pantscharevo reservoir езеро Панчарево |
S. | 1.2 | 30.0 |
Sofia city (location) |
Reservoir; Rowing center |
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Dushanzi reservoir язовир Душанци |
S. | 48 | 300 |
Sofia (location) |
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Srebarna Lake езеро Сребърна |
N | 1.2 | 1-3 | 10 |
Silistra (location) |
UNESCO World Heritage Site , Biosphere Reserve |
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Lake Shabla Шабленско езеро |
NL | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | Dobrich (location) |
Liman |
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Eserezsee Езерецко езеро |
NL | 0.7 | 9.0 | 0.0 | Dobrich (location) |
The lake has a sweet and a salty part. | |
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Arkutino Marshes Аркутино (Мечешкото блато) |
NL | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.0 | Burgas (location) |
Marshland; NSG |
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Schablenska-Tusla Lake Шабленска тузла |
NL | 0.16 | 0.6 | 0.0 | Dobrich (location) |
Liman; Brackish water |
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More lakes in Bulgaria
- Lake Ariana (езеро Ариана), artificial pond in the center of Sofia . It has an area of 8900 m² and is 1.20 m deep.
- The seven Rila lakes are mountain lakes, which got their names like "eye", "kidney" and "tear" after their special shapes.
- Nature reserves and wetlands (selection)
- Alepu nature reserve (Алепу), marshland near Sozopol
- Stomoplo Marshland (Стомопло) (location)
Web links
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