List of reservoirs and dams in Bulgaria

This is a list of reservoirs and dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

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Bulgaria
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Note: In Bulgaria, a dam (Bulgarian язовир) is often used to refer the body of water, rather than the structure. It signifies that the body of water is man-made instead of natural.

Reservoir	Area (km²)	Volume (m²)	Province
Batak	21.07	310,000,000	Pazardzhik Province Pazardzhik Province Pazardzhik Province is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of Pazardzhik. It embraces a territory of 4,456.9 km² that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population of 290,614 inhabitants, as of December 2009.-History:The...
Beli Iskar	0.85	15,300,000	Sofia Province Sofia Province Sofia Province is a province of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia however remains its administrative center...
Belmeken			Pazardzhik Province
Bryagovo			Plovdiv Province Plovdiv Province Plovdiv Province is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities on a territory of 5,972.9 km² with a total population, as of December 2009, of 701,684 inhabitants...
Dospat	22	448,220,000	Pazardzhik Province, Smolyan Province Smolyan Province -Religion:The Smolyan province along with the Kardzhali Province is a province where the predominant religion is not Orthodox Christianity but Islam. However, unlike Kardzhali where the majority of the population is Turkish, the Muslim population of the Smolyan province is made up almost entirely...
Dushantsi		13,000,000	Sofia Province
Golyam Beglik Golyam Beglik Golyam Beglik is a dam near the central parts of the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. It was formerly officially called the Vasil Kolarov reservoir in honour of Vasil Kolarov, a communist political leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria....	4,1	62,100,000	Pazardzhik Province
Iskar Iskar Reservoir The Iskar Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Bulgaria. It is situated on the Iskar River and provides 2/3 of the water for the capital Sofia, also being used for producing hydroelectricity....	30	673,000,000	Sofia City Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
Ivaylovgrad			Kardzhali Province Kardzhali Province Kardzhali Province is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek prefectures of Xanthi, Rhodope and Evros to the south and east. Kardzhali Province area is 3209.1 km². Its main city is Kardzhali.-History:...
Kamchia	9.6	233,550,000	Burgas Province Burgas Province -Municipalities:The Burgas province contains 13 municipalities . The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village , and the population of each as of 2009.-Demography:The Burgas province had a population of 423,608 -Municipalities:The Burgas...
Kardzhali	16.07	497,200,000	Kardzhali Province
Koprinka Koprinka Reservoir Koprinka is a reservoir and dam in the Rose Valley, central Bulgaria.Its construction began after 1944 and was finished in 1956. It was built on the Tundzha river at 7 km to the west of the city of Kazanlak near the village of Koprinka. It is situated at 300 m to the south of the main sub-Balkan...	11.2	140,000,000	Stara Zagora Province Stara Zagora Province Stara Zagora is a province of south central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country...
Malko Sharkovo		55,000,000	Yambol Province Yambol Province Yambol is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, neighbouring Turkey to the south. It is named after its main city Yambol, while other towns include Straldzha, Bolyarovo and Elhovo...
Mandra Lake Mandrensko Lake Mandrensko or Lake Mandra is the southernmost of the Burgas Lakes, located in the immediate proximity of the Black Sea and close to Burgas...	38.84		Burgas Province
Ognyanovo		32,000,000	Sofia City
Ogosta Ogosta Reservoir Ogosta is a lake in the North West of Bulgaria. It is the second largest artificial lake in Bulgaria and The Balkan Peninsula and one of the biggest in Europe....	23.6	506,000,000	Montana Province Montana Province Montana Province is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km²...
Pasarel Reservoir Pasarel Reservoir The Pasarel dam and reservoir is located 20 km to the southeast of Sofia, Bulgaria at an altitude of 700 m.The dam is in the Iskar river, just downstream of Dolni Pasarel village. Pasarel dam is not large , but still attracts visitors to the area.Near to the Pasarel dam, in the village of...			Sofia City
Pchelina			Pernik Province Pernik Province -Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Ethnic groups:Ethnic groups in the province according to 2001 census:145 642 Bulgarians ,3 035 Roma and 1155 others and unspecified .-Economy:...
Pyasachnik			Plovdiv Province
Shiroka Polyana Shiroka Polyana Shiroka Polyana is a reservoir lake situated in the Western Rhodopes mountains in Bulgaria.The lake is situated 30 km south of Batak, on the road to Dospat. It is located 1500 meters above sea level amidst a forest of old pine trees. Different legends are told about the lake.The shape of...			Pazardzhik Province
Studena			Pernik Province
Studen Kladenets Studen Kladenets The Studen Kladenets Reservoir is the second largest reservoir in Bulgaria. It is situated on the river Arda, and is created behind the Studen Kladenets dam, 30 km south-east of the town of Kardzhali...	25.6	489,000,000	Kardzhali Province
Ticha Ticha Reservoir Ticha Reservoir is a reservoir in Varbitsa Municipality, Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria, located to the north and northeast of the town of Varbitsa. It is one of the largest lakes of Bulgaria...	18.7	311,000,000	Shumen Province Shumen Province -Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in...
Topolnitsa Topolnitsa Reservoir Topolnitsa is a reservoir in the Sredna Gora mountain, western Bulgaria.Its construction began in 1948 and was finished in 1963. It was built on the Topolnitsa river just south of the village of Muhovo. The main purpose of the Topolnitsa Dam is to irrigate agricultural lands in the Upper Thracian...	4.1	137,000,000	Pazardzhik Province, Sofia Province
Tsonevo			Varna Province
Vacha	4.97	226,120,000	Smolyan Province
Yovkovtsi Yovkovtsi The Yovkovtsi Reservoir is situated in northeastern Bulgaria, away of the town of Elena. It was built 20 years ago on the Veselina River. The reservoir is located in the territory of Elena municipality, and supplies water to Veliko Tarnovo, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Lyaskovets, Strazhitsa, Zlataritsa,...	25.6	92,179,000	Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of Medieval Bulgaria...
Zhrebchevo			Stara Zagora Province

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