Izvorska reka in the context of "Strandzha"

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⭐ Core Definition: Izvorska reka

The Izvorska reka (Bulgarian: Изворска река) is a 35 km long river in eastern Bulgaria that flows into Lake Burgas, which drains into the Black Sea.

The river takes its source under the name Selska reka at an altitude of 386 m in the Bosna Ridge in the northern part of the Strandzha mountain range, some 3.5 km southwest of the village of Indzhe Voivoda. It flows in direction north-northeast in a deep valley, which unlike most others in Strantdzha is not densely forested. Near the village of Krushevets its valley widens and then narrows and deepens again until finally widening downstream from the village of Izvor. The Izvorska reka flows into Lake Mandrensko some 1.8 km southwest of the village of Tvarditsa. The lake itself drains into the Gulf of Burgas in the Black Sea.

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Izvorska reka in the context of Lake Mandrensko

Lake Mandrensko or Lake Mandra (Bulgarian: Мандренско езеро, Mandrensko ezero) is the southernmost of the Burgas Lakes, located in the immediate proximity of the Black Sea and close to Burgas in Bulgaria. Being 9 km long and 1.5 km wide at maximum, as well as having an area of 39.94 km², it was a brackish natural lake until 1963, when it was turned into a reservoir with the construction of a dam to secure fresh water for the large Neftokhim Burgas oil refinery. The rivers Izvorska reka, Fakiyska reka, Sredetska reka and Risokastrenska reka flow into the lake. It houses many freshwater fish as well as sharks that are rare to find in the salt water.

Parts of Lake Mandrensko are designated protected area s, Poda and Uzungeren, inhabited by a number of locally and globally endangered species of fish and birds.

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