Gallery Our work Our work Photo gallery TOPOLNITSA DAM – UPSTREAM FACE The Topolnitsa dam is built on the longest river in Sredna gora mountain – Topolnitsa ISKAR DAM The Iskar dam has the largest inundated area and storage volume in Bulgaria KURDZHALI DAM Kurdzhali dam – the spillway with 4 flap gates built on the right bank near the dam body KOKALYANE DAM – LOWER REGULATING BASIN OF PASAREL HPP The Kokalyane HPP uses the water passed through Pasarel HPP…" Video gallery Brazilian Committee on Dams "Film about water, kindly provided by the Brazilian Committee on Dams Tsankov kamak dam "Overflow at the spillway of Tsankov kamak dam during the tests for commissioning of the dam in June 2011" Large dams in Bulgaria Large dams in Bulgaria There are more than 216 large dams in Bulgaria. Below, only 20 of them are listed. The full list can be downloadк>>. No Name of dam Year completed/ due River/ basin State/ province Dam founda-tion Height above lowest foundation (m) No Crest length (m) Dam volume (m3x103) Reservoir capacity (m3x103) Lake surface (dka) Dam function Catchment area (km2) Spillway discharge (m3/s) Dam owner Designer Constructor 1 VACHA 1975 Vacha Plovdiv R 145 1 420 1160 226000 4966 H 1465 2060 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 2 KRICHIM 1972 Vacha Plovdiv R 105 2 269 373 18000 799 H 29 2060 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 3 KARDGALI 1976 Arda Haskovo R 104 3 403 370 532900 16070 HS 1882 3100 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 4 BELMEKEN 1978 Kriva Plovdiv R 98 4 738 3260 144040 4565 H 19.2 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 5 CHAIRA 1995 Chairska Plovdiv R 85 5 308 380 5540 H 18.6 75 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 6 KAMCHIA 1974 Luda Kamchia Burgas R 80 6 835 1400 233550 9600 SC 792 1470 WSS Energoproekt Hydrostroy 7 TOPOLNITZA 1963 Topolnitza Plovdiv R 78 7 338 2100 141348 5619 I 1381 800 IS Energoproekt Hydrostroy 8 BOROVITZA 1989 Borovitza Xaskovo R 76 8 235 1200 28000 S WSS Energoproekt Hydrostroy 9 ISKAR 1956 Iskar Sofia R 74 9 204 210 673000 30000 SHI 1046 612 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 10 IVAILOVGRAD 1964 Arda Haskovo R 73 10 250 273 188000 15100 H 1390 5250 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 11 ASENOVETZ 1986 Asenovska Burgas R 68 11 265 28200 1000 S 74.5 750 WSS Vodokanalproekt Vodstroy 12 STUDEN KLADENETZ 1957 Arda Haskovo R 68 12 338 300 489000 25600 H 1808 3600 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 13 AL. STAMBOLIISKI 1953 Rossitza Lovetch R 66 13 300 521 220000 10860 HIS 1478 1500 NEK Energoproekt Hydrostroy 14 YOVKOVTZI 1979 Veselina Lovech R 66 14 256 910 92000 5900 SI 214.8 255 WSS Energoproekt Hydrostroy 15 HRISTO SMIRNENSKI 1966 Panicharska Lovech R 64 15 218 470 18700 1080 SH 51.2 170 WSS Energoproekt Hydrostroy 16 DOSSPAT 1969 Dosspatzka Plovdiv X 61 16 230 570 449250 22100 H 432.3 36 NEK Vodproekt Vodstroy 17 OGOSTA 1986 Ogosta Montana R/S 59 17 1460 2480 506000 25310 I 985 280 IS Vodproekt Vodstroy 18 DIAKOVO 1978 Drumska Sofia R 57 18 519 1050 35400 2000 I 16.3 135 IS Vodproekt Hydrostroy 19 TICHA 1973 Gol. Kamchia Varna R 55 19 398 1600 311800 18700 I 980 438 IS Vodproekt Vodstroy 20 ZLATOGRAD 1966 Arda Smolyan R 54 20 170 247 4400 S IP Vodproekt Vodstroy
