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The Trakiets reservoir lies on the Harmanliyska river in the Eastern Rhodopes, in Haskovo Province, just above the village of Trakiets, at 282 m. It covers about 8.2 km².
How it formed
Built in 1959–1965 and in use from 1967, it has an earth-fill dam. It irrigates farmland in the Haskovo and Uzundzhovo plains and also supplies industry.
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Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake holds grass carp, pike-perch, crucian carp, perch, sunfish, catfish, bleak and common carp. Ask in Trakiets or Haskovo about access to the shore and fishing rules.
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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. Тракиец (relation 8850250), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Wikidata: Trakiets Reservoir (Q12296829), Wikimedia Foundation
- Bulgarian Wikipedia: Тракиец (язовир), Wikimedia Foundation