A few summer leaves have fallen early into the Razdol stream near Stoilovo, Strandja’s oldest village.
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River Flowing Through a Living Museum
The Marina river flows through a living museum. In these woods plants that grew before the last ice-age still survive. This type of relict forest is found nowhere else in the world.
The Dokuzak Waterfall
Pure, clean water in the Dokuzak river. Rushing, hurrying to meet the Bear’s river in Strandja Nature Park.
Mladezhka River Strandja
The Mladezhka river just before it joins Strandja’s other major rivers, the Bear river (Mechi dol) and the Veleka.
Rhododendron Flower Floating
A flower of Strandja Rhododendron, or Zelenika, floating in the Marina river.
Veleka River Meets the Sea
The mouth of the Veleka river. Here Strandja’s largest river meets the Black Sea in a beautiful, natural estuary.
Veleka Black Sea Estuary
The estuary of the river Veleka. Veleka meets the Black Sea here. The estuary consists of extensive marshes and sand dunes where a wide variety of water birds, insects and plants find their home. The yellow flag iris is one of them.
Kosti River Valley
Where the Veleka river reaches the village of Kosti, the river valley widens. Here, the river is accompanied by tall, mature willow trees, flowing through wide grassy plains. Every year the river floods these plains, leaving small channels as evidence.
Tree Mirror Veleka River Strandja
Ash, Alder and Willow trees reflected in the Veleka river, Strandja’s largest river.