Rusenski Lom
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| Rusenski Lom | |
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 The canyon-like valley of the Rusenki Lom | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | confluence of Beli Lom and Cherni Lom |
| • coordinates | 43°41′7.08″N 26°0′3.96″E / 43.6853000°N 26.0011000°E |
| • elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Danube |
• coordinates | 43°50′6″N 25°55′51.96″E / 43.83500°N 25.9311000°E |
• elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Length | 55 km (34 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,874 km2 (1,110 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Danube→ Black Sea |
The Rusenski Lom (Bulgarian: Русенски Лом, [ˈrusɛnski ˈɫɔm]) is a river in northeastern Bulgaria, the last major right tributary of the Danube. Its length is 55 km but reaches 197 km if its right constituent river the Beli Lom is included.[1][2]
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The river is formed by the confluence of two constituent rivers, the Beli Lom (147 km, left) and the Cherni Lom (130 km, right), at an altitude of 47 m some 3.2 km east of the village of Ivanovo, Ruse Province. It flows in direction north–northwest through the Danubian Plain in a deep canyon-like valley cut in Aptian limestones. The Rusenski Lom forms numerous meanders due to its small mean slope of 0.62 m/km. Although the length of the river is 55 km, in straight line the distance between its source and mouth is only 17.6 km. It flows into the Danube at an altitude of 16 m in the outskirts of the city of Ruse.[1][2]
With the two constituent rivers included, its drainage basin covers a territory of 2,874 km2 or 0.4% of the Danube's total and borders the river systems of the Yantra to the west and southwest, the Topchiyska reka, the Tsaratsar and the Senkovets to the northeast, and the Kamchiya to the southeast.[2] It drains significant part of Ruse Province, the southwestern parts of Razgrad Province, the northwestern areas of Targovishte Province and small sections of Veliko Tarnovo and Shumen Provinces.[1]
The Rusenski Lom has a rain–snow feed with high water in spring, when 60% of the annual discharge flows. The average annual discharge at the village of Basarbovo is 5.6 m3/s.[1][2]
