Cherni Lom [1] [2] is a river in northern Bulgaria . Merging with the Beli-Lom River near the village of Ivanovo, it forms the Rusensky Lom River . It flows through the territories of the Targovishte , Popovo and Opaka communities in the Targovisht region and the Dva-Mogili and Ivanovo communities in the Rusenskaya region . The river is 130 kilometers long, it is the 19th river in length among the rivers of Bulgaria.
| Cherni-Lom | |
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| bulg. Cherni Lom | |
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| Characteristic | |
| Length | 130 km |
| Swimming pool | 1276 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Height | 480 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | |
| • Height | 47 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Regions | Targovisht region , Ruse region |
| Areas | Targovishte , Popovo , Opaka , Two-Graves , Ivanovo |
 - source  - mouth | |
It originates in the vicinity of Targovishte near the village of Aleksandrovo at an altitude of 480 meters above sea level. To the mouth of its largest tributary, Baniski Lom flows through a wide valley, first west, then north to the village of Kardam , then northwest to the mouth of the Baniski Lom river. Then it flows north along a deep gorge. At the village of Ivanovo it merges with the Beli-Lom River, forming the Rusensky Lom River.
In the Ottoman period, the river was called Kara-Lom from the tour. kara is black.
In the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–78. the villages of Opaka , Ayaslar ( Svetlen ), Kadykoy ( Shryklevo ), Ostritsa (Rousse Oblast) , Karahasankoi ( Zaraevo ), Katselovo , Ablava ( Gorsko-Ablanovo ), Koshov Popkoy ( Popovo ) were marked by many minor clashes of the Russian troops with the Turks.
The catchment area is 1276 square kilometers, which is 44.4% of the catchment of the Rusensky Lom River. In addition to the Targovisht and Rousse regions, the Velikotirnovsk region is included in the drainage basin. Near the village of Kardam, the left tributary of the Popowski Lom flows into. The river food is mixed, with a predominance of snow and rain, with a pronounced spring maximum in March-June and a summer-autumn minimum in July-October.
In the upper and especially in the middle reaches, most of the river’s water is used for irrigation.
In the lower reaches of the Cherni Lom River, near the mouth of the Baniski Lom tributary, in the rocks in the Middle Ages numerous caves were carved, the monks' dwellings - sketes , rock churches and monasteries. On the left bank of the river between the villages of Pepelina and Tabachka there are many natural caves, the most famous of which is the Orlova Chuka Cave .
Near the village of Cherven , on the right bank of the river are the ruins of the medieval fortress of Cherven .
Due to the lack of industrial facilities along the Cherni Lom drainage basin, river waters are clean and inhabited by several species of fish - crucian carp, common carp, catfish, fisherman , barbel, loban , river perch , common podust , common sun fish , bream , common roach , rudd. , as well as several species of toads , crayfish , water strippers , tubule and snails.
Notes
- ↑ Cherny-Lom // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- 459 p.
- ↑ Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - 256 p. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).