Location
Bulgaria
is situated in southeastern Europe and occupies the northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Borders
To the North -
via
the
Danube River, it borders on Romania;
To the West – on Serbia and Montenegro and on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. To the South - its neighbours are Greece and Turkey.
To the East - touches the Black Sea, which links it also to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia.
The Black Sea borderline is 378 km (240 miles) long.
To the West – on Serbia and Montenegro and on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. To the South - its neighbours are Greece and Turkey.
To the East - touches the Black Sea, which links it also to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia.
The Black Sea borderline is 378 km (240 miles) long.
The country’s total territory is 111
000 sq. km.
Relief
Bulgaria possesses a variety of natural forms, located in the range of 0
and
2,925 m. altitude. Its territory includes part of the lower Danube Plain, The Balkan Range – part of the Alpine-and-Himalayan chain, part of the Thracian lowland and to the south – the mountain structures of the Macedonian-Thracian massif. The best-known mountains are Rila, Pirin, Vitosha, Stara
Planina (the Balkan range), and the Rhodopes.
There are also a lot of valleys and
lowlands.
The famous Bulgarian rose-oil, produced in the Rose valley - region of Kazanlak - is a component of the French and of other world-famous perfumes.
The famous Bulgarian rose-oil, produced in the Rose valley - region of Kazanlak - is a component of the French and of other world-famous perfumes.
The
Bulgarian mountains easily accessible and the presence of towns and villages in them that have preserved the authentic Bulgarian spirit and hospitality, gives a chance for receiving and accommodating tourists at village houses.
Climate
The
predominant climate in Bulgaria is moderate and transitional continental. Four seasons. Dry and hot summer. Cold winter with snowfalls.
A Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and mild, humid
winters, prevails in the valley of the southwestern Rhodope Mountains. The northern limits of the climatic zone is the Balkan Range.
Water
The rivers rise mainly in the highest mountains and flow into the
Black Sea and into the Aegean Sea. Bulgaria has 526 rivers. The natural lakes are about 330 in number.
There are good prerequisites for the development of adventure tourism: wild waters – rafting and canoe, diving, delta- and para- drifting in the river valleys.
Bulgaria has some 500 deposits of mineral waters.
There are good prerequisites for the development of adventure tourism: wild waters – rafting and canoe, diving, delta- and para- drifting in the river valleys.
Bulgaria has some 500 deposits of mineral waters.