Photo: Cvdr · CC BY-SA 4.0The Asenovets reservoir lies about 9 km from Sliven, in the valley of the Asenovska river where it meets the Magareshka, at the start of a narrow, rocky gorge with steep banks and almost vertical rock at the dam. Holding about 28 million m³, it is a main source in the water supply of Sliven.
How it formed
Built in 1987, it is filled mainly by the Amza Dere channel, which takes water from three streams on the upper Belenska river.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
A minor road branches off the road from Sliven to Byala. As this is a drinking-water reservoir, ask in Sliven about access to the shore.
Nearby lakes
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Bulgaria · Northeastern Bulgaria
Yastrebino Reservoir
Reservoir · artificial
~46 kmaway
340 metreselevation
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Sources & data
- Bulgaria's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Bulgaria, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: яз. Асеновец (way 25220292), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Bulgarian Wikipedia: Асеновец (язовир), Wikimedia Foundation