Upper Thracian Plain

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Upper Thracian Plain

The Upper Thracian Plain (Gornotrakiyska nizina) constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace

Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
. It is located in southern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, between the Sredna Gora

Sredna Gora

Sredna Gora is a mountain range in central Bulgaria, situated south of and parallel to Balkan Mountains and extending from the river Iskar to the west and the elbow of Tundzha north of Yambol to the east....
mountains to the north and west; the Rhodopes, Sakar

Sakar

Sakar is a mountain in southeastern Bulgaria, between the rivers Maritsa, Tundzha, Sokolitsa and Sazliyka and close to the borders with Greece and Turkey....
and Strandzha

Strandzha

Strandzha is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey, 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....
to the south; and the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
to the east.

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The Upper Thracian Plain (Gornotrakiyska nizina) constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace

Thrace

Bulgaria

Sredna Gora

Sakar

Sakar is a mountain in southeastern Bulgaria, between the rivers Maritsa, Tundzha, Sokolitsa and Sazliyka and close to the borders with Greece and Turkey....
and Strandzha

Strandzha

Black Sea

Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
and an average elevation of 168 m

Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
.

The plain is part of North Thrace or Northern Thrace (??????? ??????, Severna Trakiya) (as opposed to Western Thrace

Western Thrace

Thrace is a geographic and historical regions of Greece of Greece, located between the Mesta River and Maritsa rivers in the northeast of the country....
and Eastern Thrace to the south), which refers to the whole of southern (sub-Balkan

Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is a mountain in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea....
) Bulgaria east of the Mesta River

Mesta River

The Mesta or Nestos is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos....
and Sredna Gora (thus also including hilly or mountainous terrain).

The climate is transitional continental. The highest temperature recorded in Bulgaria occurred here: it was 45.2 °C

Celsius

Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death....
at Sadovo

Sadovo

Sadovo is a small town in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. The population is 2 551. Most of the people are employed in agriculture, which due to the fertile soils and the high levels of mechanisation is efficient and highly productive....
in 1916. The precipitation is 550 mm

Millimetre

The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length....
a year. Important rivers are the Maritsa

Maritsa

The Maritsa or Evros is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Stara Planina and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey....
and its tributaries, the Tundzha

Tundzha

The Tundzha is a river in Bulgaria and Turkey and the most significant tributary of the Maritsa, emptying into it on Turkish territory near Edirne....
, the Stryama

Stryama

The Stryama is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important tributary of the Maritsa. The river is 110.1 kilometre long and has a drainage basin of 2,853 km?....
, the Topolnitsa

Topolnitsa

The Topolnitsa is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important left tributary of the Maritsa. It takes its source from Bich Peak in Sredna Gora close to Koprivshtitsa; it is known as the Shirineyska in its upper course....
, and the Vacha

Vacha River

The Vacha is a river in south Bulgaria, one of the main right tributaries of the Maritsa. It is 105 km long and is formed by the confluence of the Shiralashka reka and the Byunovska reka....
.

Important cities include Plovdiv

Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 379,119. It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria and three municipalities , as well as the largest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the wider international historical region of Thrace....
, Burgas

Burgas

Burgas is the second-largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast with population 210,260. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna....
, Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
, Pazardzhik

Pazardzhik

Pazardzhik is a town situated along the banks of the Maritsa river in Bulgaria with a population of 95,485. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the Pazardzhik municipality....
, Asenovgrad

Asenovgrad

Asenovgrad is a town in central southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv Province and is close to the city of Plovdiv.Asenovgrad was originally founded by the Thracians as Stenimahos around 300-400 BC....
, Haskovo

Haskovo

Haskovo ; is the name of a town and administrative centre of the Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey....
, Yambol

Yambol

Yambol is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace....
and Sliven

Sliven

Sliven is a town in southeast Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Sliven Province. It is a relatively large town with 115,000 inhabitants ....
.