Veleka River
The Veleka is a river in the very southeast of Bulgaria, as well as the very northeast of European Turkey. It is 147 km long, of which 108 km lie in Bulgaria and 25 km are in Turkey.
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- Description: river in Turkey and in Bulgaria
- Also known as“Golema Dere”“Ryeka Golyema”“Ryeka Velika”“Veleka”“Veleka Dere”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sinemorec and Ahtopol.
Ahtopol
Town
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Ahtopol is a town and seaside resort on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Ahtopol is situated 4 km northwest of Veleka River.
Varvara
Varvara is a village on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, within Nature Park Strandzha.
Veleka River
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Latitude
42.06889° or 42° 4′ 8″ north
Longitude
27.96892° or 27° 58′ 8″ east
Open location code
8GJ93X99+HH
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Veleka River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Veleka”
- Bulgarian: “Велека”
- Bulgarian: “Големо Дере”
- Chinese: “韋萊卡河”
- Czech: “Veleka”
- Dutch: “Veleka”
- Esperanto: “Veleka”
- French: “Veleka”
- German: “Weleka”
- Hebrew: “ולקה”
- Irish: “Veleka”
- Italian: “Veleka”
- Korean: “벨레카강”
- Ladin: “Veleka”
- Latvian: “Veleka”
- Macedonian: “Велека”
- Mingrelian: “ველეკა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Veleka”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veleka”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Велека”
- Norwegian: “Veleka”
- Persian: “ولکا”
- Polish: “Begirmen”
- Polish: “Weleka”
- Romanian: “Veleka”
- Russian: “Велека”
- Serbian: “Велека”
- Spanish: “Rio Veleka”
- Spanish: “Río Veleka”
- Spanish: “Veleka”
- Tajik: “Велека”
- Tajik: “Влко”
- Turkish: “Kocadere”
- Ukrainian: “Велека”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sinemorets and Nos Sinemorets.
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