The Sandanska Bistritsa ( Bulgarian : Санданска Бистрица ) is a river in south-western Bulgaria , a left tributary of the Struma . The river is 33 km long and drains the south-western sections of the Pirin mountain range.
8-673: The Sandanska Bistritsa takes its source from the south-eastern corner of the Tevnoto Lake in Northern Pirin at an altitude of 2,512 m. It flows in southern direction through another four lakes of the Malokamenishki Lakes group and then turns westwards. After the confluence with the first significant right tributary, the Bashliytsa, the turns to the south-west and flows in a deep sparsely forested valley. In
16-456: A total installed capacity of 56 MW, as well as for irrigation. Malokamenishki Lakes Malokamenishki Lakes ( Bulgarian : Малокаменишки езера ), also known as Belemetski Lakes (Белеметски езера), are a group of 34 glacial lakes situated southwest of the main ridge of Pirin mountain range in Bulgaria. They are the source area of the river Mozgovitsa , one of the tributaries of
24-577: Is 3.35 m/s at the village of Lilyanovo and 2.9 m/s at the confluence with the Struma. There are 3 settlements along the river, all of them situated in Sandanski Municipality : one town, Sandanski, and two villages, Lilyanovo and Stozha , as well as the resorts of Popina Luka and Tremoshnitsa. The river's waters are utilised for electrical power generation with three hydropower plants at Popina Luka, Lilyanovo and Sandanski I with
32-462: Is 3.9 m; the water volume is 116,570 m . The homonymous Tevno Ezero shelter is situated near the out-flowing stream to the south. Its natural beauty and majestic surroundings of rugged peaks make it a popular tourist destination. Lakes twelve to twenty-three are located along the southern slope of Belemeto at the foothills of the summit of Kamenitsa. The largest are lakes 12, 13, 15, 17 and 22. They are heterogeneous in character. Some have
40-788: The Sandanska Bistritsa of the Struma river basin. The lake group is located in the Belemeto cirque, flanked by the main mountain ridge and the secondary ridges of Kamenitsa and Mozgovitsa, crowned by the summits of Kamenitsa Peak (2,822 m), Kralev Dvor (2,680 m), Momin Dvor (2,723 m) and Valyavishki Chukar (2,664 m). Malokamenishki Lakes are among the largest lake groups in Pirin by number. They are situated at altitudes between 2,537 m and 2,190 m. Two of
48-437: The group, located in the immediate vicinity of the summits of Momin Dvor and Valyavishki Chukar. It has an elongated curved shape slightly resembling a kidney. Reaching length of 487 m, width of 220 m and area of 62,490 m , it is the eight largest lake in the mountain range and largest one in Bulgaria above 2,500 m. Its exact altitude is 2,519 m, which makes it the sixteenth highest lake in Pirin. The depth
56-407: The lakes have an area of over 10,000 m , seven between 1,000 and 10,000 m and the rest under 1,000 m . Most of them are swallow and dry out in summer. The highest eleven lakes are scattered in the folds of the Belemeto cirque centered around the eight lake, Tevnoto. Most of them have unreliable water flow and an area under 1,000 m . Tevnoto Lake is the largest and northernmost of
64-723: The upper course of the river is located the Popinolashki waterfall , one of Pirin's largest. Near the town of Sandanski the river enters the Sandanski–Petrich Valley forming a large mucous cone. It flows into the Struma at an altitude of 104 m near the Sandanski industrial zone. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 139 km or 0.8% of Struma's total. The Sandanska Bistritsa River has predominantly snow-rain feed with high water in late spring (May) and low water in late summer (September). The average annual flow
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