Goritsa Waterfall
Goritsa, also known as Ovcharenski Vodopad is a 39 m high waterfall in the Rila mountain range of southwestern Bulgaria. It was declared a nature landmark by Order No. 3796 of the Ministry of Forestry on 11 October 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Ovcharchenski Waterfall”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ovchartsi and Sapareva Banya.
Sapareva Banya
Town
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sapareva Banya is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. As Ancient Germania, a former bishopric, it is a Latin Catholic titular see. Sapareva Banya is situated 4 km northeast of Goritsa Waterfall.
Samoranovo
Village
Samoranovo is a village in Dupnitsa Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. Samoranovo is situated 5 km west of Goritsa Waterfall.
Goritsa Waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ovcharci, Sapareva Banya, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.26665° or 42° 15′ 60″ northLongitude
23.22854° or 23° 13′ 43″ eastHeight
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
8GJ5768H+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9726437462OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q12289138
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Satellite Map
Discover Goritsa Waterfall from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Bulgarian—“Goritsa Waterfall” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Goritsa ur-jauzia”
- Basque: “Ovcharenski ur-jauzia”
- Bulgarian: “Овчарченски водопад”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Goritsa Waterfall and Panorama to the waterfall #1.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Goritsa Waterfall”. Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.