Shirokolashka
The Shirokolashka is a river of Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria. It is a tributary of the Vacha River. Along the river are villages such as Shiroka Laka with "typically Rodopean stone houses with small windows, high chimneys and hidden trapdoors."…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Михал Орела, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Shirokolashka River” and “Shirolŭshka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Devin Hydro Power Plant.
Devin Hydro Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Edi koi si, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Devin Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in Devin, Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria. Situated along the river Vacha in the Rhodope Mountains, it has 2 individual turbines with a nominal output of 44 MW which deliver up to 88 MW of power.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Devin and Beden.
Devin
Photo: Ismet Dramsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Devin is a spa town in Smolyan Province in the far south of Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Devin Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 7,054.
Beden
Village
Photo: Ismet Dramsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beden is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Shirokolashka.
Grohotno
Village
Grohotno is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 856 as of 2022. Grohotno is situated 4½ km southwest of Shirokolashka.
Shirokolashka
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Smolyan, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Shirokolashka” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Shirokolashka Reka”
- Bulgarian: “Широколъшка река”
- Bulgarian: “Широколъшка Река”
- Cebuano: “Shirokolŭshka Reka”
- Greek: “Σιροκόλασκα”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shirokolashka”
- Polish: “Szirokołyszka reka”
- Slovenian: “Širokolaška reka”
- Swedish: “Sjirokolăsjka reka”
- Welsh: “Afon Shirokolashka”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as kv. Nastan and Charlia Zabral.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Madrala and Sviovo.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shirokolashka”. Photo: Михал Орела, CC BY 2.0.