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The Tsonevo reservoir is a long lake of about 17 km² on the Luda Kamchiya in Dalgopol municipality, Varna Province, about 28 km long, in the forested hills where the eastern Balkan range meets the Fore-Balkan. Named after the politician Georgi Traykov in 1975, it officially still bears his name as well as Tsonevo.
How it formed
The earth dam, 39 m high and 890 m long, opened in 1974 about 1 km west of Tsonevo village. It regulates the river below the Kamchia reservoir, supplies irrigation and the Varna–Devnya industries, and is an emergency source of drinking water for Varna. The upper end of the lake dried up sharply from late 2019; the level recovered by 2022, but has been falling again since 2024.
Nature
Bream, grass carp, bighead carp, catfish, bleak and carp live in the lake.
Visit
Swimming
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Tips
The main sight is the Wonderful Rocks (Chudnite Skali), towers of rock rising above the water near Asparuhovo at the tail of the lake, with a tourist hut nearby and old road tunnels through the rock. A road and a railway viaduct also cross the water.
From the Varna–Burgas road, turn towards Provadia at Staro Oryahovo and go through Grozdyovo to Asparuhovo. Rooms are concentrated in Tsonevo and Asparuhovo, and anglers and kayakers come to the lake.
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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. Цонево (relation 2367382), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Wikidata: Tsonevo Reservoir (Q7329986), Wikimedia Foundation
- English Wikipedia: Tsonevo Reservoir, Wikimedia Foundation
- Bulgarian Wikipedia: Цонево (язовир), Wikimedia Foundation
- Wonderful Rocks, Bulgaria, Bulgaria Travel Vibes