Photo: Eabulgaria · CC BY-SA 4.0The Yasna Polyana reservoir lies at the foot of Strandzha, about 1 km from the village of Yasna Polyana and some 10 km from Primorsko, in Burgas Province. Fed by the Dyavolska river, the “Devil’s river”, and the Zelenkovska, it covers about 2.3 km² and supplies drinking water to the south coast.
How it formed
The rock-fill dam with a clay core, about 50 m high, was built in 1973. Water runs by gravity to a treatment plant and then on to Burgas, Sozopol, Sredets and other settlements south of Burgas.
Nature
Pike-perch, catfish, carp, silver and bighead carp, roach and bleak live in the lake, and the country around is rich in game and birds.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake is a favourite place for anglers; as it is a drinking-water source, ask in the village about access and rules. The Ropotamo reserve and the Arkutino marsh are close by.
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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. Ясна Поляна (way 116602192), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Wikidata: Yasna Polyana (Q1563774), Wikimedia Foundation
- Bulgarian Wikipedia: Ясна поляна (язовир), Wikimedia Foundation
- Yasna Polyana, Bulgarian Estates