The Ogosta ( Bulgarian : Огоста [oˈɡɔstɐ] , Latin : Augusta ), is the largest river in Northwestern Bulgaria , a right tributary of the Danube . It originates at Chiprovska Mountain, 2,168 meters high section of the Western Balkan Mountains , at about an altitude of 1,760 meters, on the border with Serbia . The towns of Chiprovtsi , Montana , and Miziya are situated on the river's banks.
6-520: The Ogosta river is 147.4 km in length and is fed by 40 tributaries (including the Skat River ) in a watershed of 3,157 square kilometers. The average water discharge in the lower course of the river is 18 cubic meters per second. Along the river's length there are 14 irrigation systems, 8 hydropower plants, and 13 dams. Although the river is used for domestic consumption, it does suffer from pollution, particularly from nitrates . These come from
12-572: A number of meanders . The Skat is 5 – 10 metres wide, with a sand-covered bed. Its valley is asymmetrical, as the right bank is normally steeper than the left one. Before the construction of the atomic power station in Kozlodui the Skat flew into Danube directly. Then the Ogosta's course has been altered to free space for the atomic station separate canals and now the smaller Skat flows into
18-800: Is a river in the western Danubian Plain of northern Bulgaria and a right tributary of the Ogosta . The Skat takes its source from the Rechka area near the Veslets mountain in Vratsa Province , part of the western Fore- Balkan Mountains , north of the Manyashki Vrah peak. It goes round the Borovan hill from the west and runs through a shallow gorge near Ohoden . From that point on, it has low banks and mostly flows through plain terrain with
24-710: Is because the farmers use the waters to irrigate their crops, and the animal husbands breed livestock, let their livestock drink the water, and grow vegetation for the livestock using the water from the river. Ogosta Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica is named after Ogosta. This article related to a river in Bulgaria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Skat (river) The Skat ( Bulgarian : Скът , pronounced [ˈskɤt] ; also transliterated Skǎt or Skut ; Latin : Scitus )
30-612: The Ogosta at Saraevo , west of Oryahovo . The Skat is 140 kilometres long and has a drainage basin of 1,070 square kilometres. Its main tributaries are the Barzina and the Greznitsa. The river is used for irrigation and one reservoir has been built along it, the Ohoden Reservoir. This Vratsa Province , Bulgaria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
36-422: The use of fertilizers that are not fully used by the plants. Other than that, there were intensive mining activities along the river between 1950 and 1999, and factories also produced pollution. That being said, the river's water quality is not uniformly poor, and the upper areas of the river are relatively free from pollution. The major sources of income the river provides are for farmers and animal herders . This
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