Pasarel Reservoir

Pasarel Reservoir
The reservoir and part of the dam
Pasarel Reservoir
Coordinates42°33′13″N 23°28′44″E / 42.55361°N 23.47889°E / 42.55361; 23.47889
Lake typereservoir
Primary inflowsIskar
Primary outflowsIskar
Basin countriesBulgaria
Max. length2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Max. width320 m (1,050 ft)
Surface elevation700 m (2,300 ft)

The Pasarel dam and reservoir is located 20 km to the southeast of Sofia, Bulgaria at an altitude of 700 m.

The dam is situated roughly halfway between the Iskar Reservoir and Lake Pancharevo near the village of Dolni Pasarel. It is a gravity dam.[1] Though built in the Iskar valley, under most circumstances, the primary inflow come from the tailwater of a co-located hydroelectric plant (which is in turn is fed from a long, underground penstock from the Iskar Reservoir.) Likewise, in most cases, the majority of its outflow goes into another long penstock to the hydroelectric plant at the southern end of Lake Pancharevo. The reservoir itself is small (about 1.5 km long and 300 m wide), but still attracts birdwatchers, picnickers and other visitors to the area.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Birds seen here in February include green-winged teal (Anas crecca), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus).[10]

Near to the Pasarel dam, in the village of Dolni Pasarel, is located the "St. Peter and Pavel" monastery.

References

  1. ^ "Design of Gravity Dams" (PDF). UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.
  2. ^ Vladimirov, Vladimir; Aybeke2, Mehmet; Tan, Kit (2018). "397 New floristic records in the Balkans: 37*" (PDF). PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA. 24 (3). Sofia: 397–461.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Santourdjian, Оhanes; Ioncheva, Vania; Shopova, Donka (2013-11-08). ASSESSMENT OF “ISKAR” RESERVOIR CAPACITY FOR SOFIA WATER SUPPLY AND GUARANTEED ELECTRICITY GENERATION (PDF) (Report).
  4. ^ Ivanova, Miglena (2016-09-25). "Dolni Passarel, a haven not far from Sofia". BNR.
  5. ^ "Picnic at Pasarel Reservoir – Just Steps from a Historic HEROIC DEED and SACRIFICE!".
  6. ^ "Climate Risk Country Profile Bulgaria" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Dolni Pasarel topographic map, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps.
  8. ^ "Pasarel Reservoir". Mapy.com.
  9. ^ "Pasarel Reservoirwebsite=Open Infrastructure Map".
  10. ^ "Pasarel Reservoir". ebird.org.

Further reading


  1. ^ "(PDF) Checklist of the Bulgarian Freshwater Fishes".
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