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Kalnik (river)
The Kalnik (Bulgarian: Калник) is a 41 km-long river in northern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Vit, itself a right tributary of the Danube.[1] Geography The Kalnik takes its source from the Tolev Spring at an altitude of 677 m, on the southern foothills of the Mikrene Heights of the fore-Balkan, some 1.5 km north of the village of Borima. Throughout its whole course the river flows westwards with a slight deviation to the north in a wide valley between the Mikrene Heights to the north and the Vasilyovska Mountain to the south. It flows into the Vit at an altitude of 250 m at the Boaza locality, south village of Peshterna.[1] Its drainage basin covers a territory of 263 km2 or 8.2% of the Vit's total.[1] The Kalnik has rain, snow and karst spring feed with high water in April–June and low water in July–October. The average annual discharge is 0.96 m3/s.[1] Settlements and economyThe river flows entirely in Lovech Province. There are three villages along its course: Staro Selo in Troyan Municipality, Vasilkova Mahala in Slavshtitsa, Ugarchin Municipality and Balgarski Izvor in Teteven Municipality. Its waters are utilized for irrigation. The Sopot Reservoir with a volume of 61.8 million m3 is located in its upper course.[1] There are two roads of the national network though the Kalnik valley, a 12.3 km stretch of the first class I-4 road Yablanitsa–Veliko Tarnovo–Varna between Boaza and the village of Sopot, Lovech Province, and a 16 km section of the third class III-402 road Sopot–Troyan between Sopot and Staro Selo.[2] Citations
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