Strandzha (Bulgarian: Странджа, also transliterated as Strandja, pronounced [ˈstrand͡ʒɐ]; Turkish: Istranca [ɯstɾand͡ʒa], or Yıldız [jɯɫdɯz]) is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and East Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It is in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of Thrace to the west, the lowlands near Burgas to the north, and the Black Sea to the east. Its highest peak is Mahya Dağı (Bulgarian: Махиада, Mahiada) (1,031 m or 3,383 ft) in Turkey, while the highest point on Bulgarian territory is Golyamo Gradishte (Bulgarian: Голямо Градище) (710 m or 2,329 ft). The total area is approximately 10,000 km (3,861 sq mi).
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👉 Strandzha in the context of Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe.
The Black Sea, not including the Sea of Azov, covers 436,400 km (168,500 sq mi), has a maximum depth of 2,212 m (7,257 ft), and a volume of 547,000 km (131,000 cu mi).Most of its coasts ascend rapidly.These rises are the Pontic Mountains to the south, bar the southwest-facing peninsulas, the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and the Crimean Mountains to the mid-north.In the west, the coast is generally small floodplains below foothills such as the Strandzha; Cape Emine, a dwindling of the east end of the Balkan Mountains; and the Dobruja Plateau considerably farther north. The longest east–west extent is about 1,175 km (730 mi). Important cities along the coast include (clockwise from the Bosporus) the northern suburbs of Istanbul, Burgas, Varna, Constanța, Odesa, Yalta, Kerch, Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Poti, Batumi, Rize, Trabzon, Ordu, Simferopol, Samsun and Zonguldak.
In this Dossier
- ⭐ Core Definition: Strandzha
- 👉 Strandzha in the context of Black Sea
- Strandzha in the context of Mahya Dağı
- Strandzha in the context of Upper Thracian Plain
- Strandzha in the context of Elhovo
- Strandzha in the context of Dyavolska reka
- Strandzha in the context of Izvorska reka
- Strandzha in the context of Fakiyska reka
Strandzha in the context of Mahya Dağı
Mount Mahya (Turkish: Mahya Dağı; Bulgarian: Махиада, romanized: Mahiada) (1031 m) is a mountain peak in Turkey. It is the highest peak of the Strandzha Massif (Yıldız Mountains) and also the European part of Turkey.
Mount Ararat is the highest point in Turkey as a whole.
Strandzha in the context of Upper Thracian Plain
42°15′N 26°0′E / 42.250°N 26.000°E
The Upper Thracian Plain (Bulgarian: Горнотракийска низина, Gornotrakiyska nizina) constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west, a secondary mountain chain parallel to the main Balkan Mountains; the Rhodopes, Sakar and Strandzha to the south; and the Black Sea to the east. A fertile agricultural region, the Upper Thracian Plain proper has an area of 16,032 square kilometres (6,190 sq mi) and an average elevation of 168 metres (551 ft). The plain is part of Northern Thrace. The climate is transitional continental. The highest temperature recorded in Bulgaria occurred here: it was 45.2 °C (113.4 °F) at Sadovo in 1916. The precipitation is 550 millimetres (22 in) a year. Important rivers are the Maritsa and its tributaries, Arda, Tundzha, Stryama, Topolnitsa, and Vacha. Important cities include Plovdiv, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Pazardzhik, Asenovgrad, Haskovo, Yambol and Sliven.
Strandzha in the context of Elhovo
Elhovo (Bulgarian: Елхово [ˈɛɫxovo]) is a Bulgarian town in Yambol Province, located on the left bank of the Tundzha river, between Strandzha and Sakar mountains. Second largest city in the region after Jambol, the city is located at 36 km from border checkpoint Lesovo – Hamzabeyli on the Bulgarian – Turkish border. Elhovo is the administrative center of Elhovo municipality, which includes 21 villages (municipalities). The city's population as of 15 March 2023, was 9422 inhabitants.
The town's name derives from the Bulgarian word for "alder" and the placename suffix -ovo. During the Ottoman rule it was known as Kızılağaç, also meaning "alder".
Strandzha in the context of Dyavolska reka
The Dyavolska reka (Bulgarian: Дяволска река, "devil's river") is a 37 km long river in Burgas Province, southeastern Bulgaria.
The river originates under the name Dudenska reka from a spring at an altitude of 440 m, southeast of the summit of Chukara (466 m) in the Bosna Ridge of the Strandzha mountain range. It flows in northeastern direction though a forested valley until the village of Yasna polyana. Downstream of the village it turns east and forms a wide swampy valley until its mouth in a dike-protected riverbed. It flows into the Black Sea at the town of Primorsko. The marshy area at is mouth is known as Dyavolsko blato (Bulgarian: Дяволско блато, "devil's swamp"), covered by common reed ("Phragmites australis"). The swamp is fed by a freshwater spring, has an area of 2.7 km and depth up to 3 m.
Strandzha in the context of 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.
Strandzha in the context of Fakiyska reka
The Fakiyska reka (Bulgarian: Факийска река) is a 87 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 Garkova reka at an altitude of 463 m in the western part of the Strandzha mountain range, some 1.7 km north of the village of Strandzha just north of the Bulgaria–Turkey border. It initially flows in a deforested valley direction north until the village of Momina Tsarkva, northeast until Fakiya and east until Golyamo Bukovo. It then enters a deep, narrow and forested valley with many meanders, which separates the Strandzhan ridges of Karatepe to the northwest and Bosna to the southeast. Downstream of the abandoned village of Rakov Dol the valley widens and downstream of Zidarovo enters the Burgas Plain, where the Fakiyska reka forms a wide alluvial valley. It flows into Lake Mandrensko some 1.5 km southwest of the village of Dimchevo. The lake itself drains into the Gulf of Burgas in the Black Sea.