ABOUT THE DANUBIAN PLAIN
The Danubian plain is located between
Danube River and the Fore – Balkan. To the west the plain reaches to the
Timok river and to the east to the
Black sea coast. The West Side of the plain is only 20 km. wide, but to the east it is about 120 km. Vast - workable territories occupy the Danubian plain. The territories of Danubian plain are very fertile.
The Danubian plain has a central part in the culture – historical development in the Bulgarian and Balkan history. The Danubian lands are not very big but they are with various geography aspects. The surface of the plain is hilly. The average sea level is 178 meters. This zone has continental climate. The average annual rainfall is between 500 and 600 mm.
RELIEF
Almost horizontal stratums set up the Danubian plain. The plain rose up often through the quartener period. Therefore the rivers that flows through it have formed deep river valleys.
WATERS
There are a lot of rivers that flows through the Danubian plain. Some of them lead from the plain itself, other from the Fore – Balkan, and third from the
Stara planina mountain. Only the
Iskar river springs far from the south –
Rila mountain.
The rivers
Lom,
Ogosta,
Vit, Tsibritsa spring from the
Stara planina mountain. Their valleys are asymmetric and fertile.
NATURAL LANDMARKS
The reserve of
Srebarna, one of Bulgaria’s most important wetlands, is situated at the Danubian plain territory, about 16 km to the west of the town of
Silistra on Route 23. The marshy lake is a 600 ha area of freshwater surrounded by reeds and willow scrub. The reserve also includes the island of Komluka in the nearby Danubian.
Interesting are and the ruins of
Kibela's Temple lying north of
Varna. The ancient temple is the oldest one in continental Europe. The original name of the prehistoric settlement (which must have existed from 5400 to 4100 B.C.) is unknown, but some call it the “Lake Town”.
Bassarbovo monastery is the only active rock monastery in Bulgaria today. It is situated in the canyon-like valley of the
river Lom, home of another three hundred rock premises, forty of which has been used as churches.
In 1953 in the place of Balana, Danubian plain, east from
Loukovit, in a big clay vessel, was found a silver treasure. The Thracian silver treasure dates from the second part of 4 th century B.C.
Sveshtari tomb is situated 2.5 km south - west of the village of Sveshtari, 42 km north - east of
Razgrad, in the north-east of Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1982 during the excavation of the high Glinina mound near the village. It is a Thracian - Hellenistic tomb from the first half of the 3rd century BC.
The
mosque and the library of Pazvantoglu are another landmark at Danubian plain territory. They were built in 1798 – 1800. They have been preserved till nowadays as one of the central coupon buildings. According to some explorers, there was a school in the complex, but there is not any specific information about it.
Excavations in the village of Gigen,
Pleven region found not only early - fortress wall of an ancient town, dating from II th century AC, but also a lot of findings and information for the lifestyle of the population, that lived in nowadays North Bulgaria.
The historical - archeological reserve of
Sboryanovo is situated between the villages Malak Porovetz and Sveshtari of Isperih municipality, in the canyon of Krapinetz river and on the hills around. The unique combination of natural elements - water, woods and beneficial soils is attracting people to come and settle at this place from hoary antiquity till nowadays.
From ancient times the Natural park
Shoumensko plato (plateau) – impressive and beautiful - is part of the lives of local people. It combines the beauty of nature and the culture and history of the region, which could be felt only in its bosoms, among the ruins of fortresses and ancient villages, in the quietness of the cliff monasteries and beneath the granite lion on the top of the plateau.
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