Ogosta

Water type: River
Basin: Danube -> Black sea
Continent: Europe
Country: Bulgaria

Artificial lakes

Perciformes - Perches

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Esociformes - Pikes

Siluriformes - Catfishes

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Cypriniformes - Carps

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

Gadiformes - Cods

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys

The Ogosta is the largest river in Northwestern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. It originates at Chiprovska Mountain, 2,168 meters high section of the Western Balkan Mountains, at about an altitude of 1,760 meters, on the border with Serbia. The towns of Chiprovtsi, Montana, and Miziya are situated on the rivers banks.

The Ogosta river is 147.4 km in length and is fed by 40 tributaries (including the Skat River) in a watershed of 3,157 square kilometers. The average water discharge in the lower course of the river is 18 cubic meters per second. Along the river there are 14 irrigation systems, 8 hydropower plants, and 13 dams.