Upper Thracian Lowlands

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View of the city of Sliven and the eastern Upper Thracian Lowlands from southern Stara Planina

The Upper Thracian Lowlands (Bulgarian: , Gornotrakiyska nizina) constitute the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. They are located in Bulgaria, between the Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west, the Rhodopes, Sakar and Strandzha to the south and the Black Sea to the east. A fertile agricultural region, the Upper Thracian Lowlands have an area of 6,032 km² and an average height of 168 m. Due to its location in Thrace the lowlands are also referred to as Northern Thrace (as opposed to Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace to the south).

The climate is transitional continental, the highest temperature ever measured (also in the whole of Bulgaria) being 45.2°C at Sadovo in 1916. The precipitation is circa 550 mm a year and important rivers are the Maritsa and its tributaries, the Tundzha, the Stryama, the Topolnitsa, the Vacha, etc.

Important cities include Plovdiv, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Pazardzhik, Asenovgrad, Haskovo, Yambol and Sliven.

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