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The Osam at Lovech


The Osam (Bulgarian: Осъм) is a river in north Bulgaria, with a length of 314 km and a catchment area of 2,820 km². The river takes its source from the foot of Levski Peak in Stara Planina, at an altitude of 1821 m. The Osam flows into the river Danube near the town of Nikopol. The ancient name of the river was Assamus.

Towns in the valley of the Osam include Lovech, Troyan, Letnitsa, Levski and Nikopol.

The Danube
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Official status
Official language of:  Bulgaria
 European Union
Regulated by: Institute of Bulgarian at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Институт за
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Motto
Съединението прави силата   (Bulgarian)
"Suedinenieto pravi silata"
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Balkan mountain range (Bulgarian and Serbian: Стара планина, Stara planina, "Old Mountain") is an extension of the Carpathian mountain range, separated from it by the Danube River.
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Danube
Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunărea
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Nikopol (Bulgarian: Никопол) is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river.
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Lovech
Ловеч

Province
(oblast) Lovech
Population 50 666 (15.12.2004)
Altitude 200 m
Postal code 5500
Area code 068

Geographic
coordinates 43° 8' north,
24° 43' east
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Troyan (also spelled Troian, Bulgarian: Троян) is a town in central Bulgaria with population of about 30,000 and territory of 888,850 m². It is located 160km from Sofia. The nearest civilian airport is Gorna Oryahovitsa, 105 km away.
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Levski (Левски) is a town in central northern Bulgaria, in the very southeast of Pleven Province. It is located in the valley of the Osam River and was called Karağaç
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Nikopol (Bulgarian: Никопол) is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river.
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Danube
Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunărea
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This article describes the geography of Germany.

Germany is a large country in Central Europe, stretching from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
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Austria is a small, predominantly mountainous country geographically located in Central Europe, approx. between Germany, Italy and Hungary. It has a total area of 83,859 km², about twice the size of Switzerland and slightly smaller than the state of Maine.
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Slovakia is a central European country with mountainous regions in the north and flat terrain in the south.

Location

In Central Europe, between Poland (north), Czech republic (west), Austria (south-west), Hungary (south) and Ukraine (east).
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Hungary is a country in Central Europe. It measures about 250 kilometers from north to south and 524 kilometers from east to west. It has 2,258 kilometers of boundaries, shared with Austria to the west, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia to the south and southwest, Romania to the
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Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
*Territorial sea: 12 nm

Land use

*Arable land: 23.55%
*Permanent crops: 2.24%
*Other: 74.21% (1998 est.
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Serbia is country located in the Balkans (a historical and geographical region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe). It shares borders with Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia,
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Geographic coordinates:

Extreme points of Romania:
  • Northernmost point: Horodiştea, a village in Botoşani County, on the border with Ukraine,

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Bulgaria is a country situated in south-eastern Europe, bordering Romania, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea. Its northern border with Romania follows the Danube river until Silistra.
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Geographic coordinates:

Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States

Area:
total: 603,700 km²
land: 603,700 km²
water: 0 km²

Area - comparative:
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Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Geographic coordinates:

Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States

Area:
total: 33,843 km²
land: 33,371 km²

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Donaueschingen is a German town in the southwest of the federal state Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar District near the confluence of the two source rivers of the Danube (Called in German: Donau[1]
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Ulm

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Ingolstadt

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Regensburg

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Passau
Innpromenade and Old town
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Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube, the longest river of the European Union and
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Vienna (German: Wien [viːn], see also ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city; with a population of about 1.
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NicknameBeauty on the Danube |- class="mergedrow"

Country  Slovakia
title="Regions in which the site lies" Region Bratislava

title="Parts into which the site is divided" Districts
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Esztergom

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Seal
Nickname: Hungarian Rome, Hungarian Sion,
City of St. Stephen
Location of Esztergom in Hungary
Country Hungary
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Budapest

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Seal
Nickname: "Pearl of the Danube"
or "Queen of the Danube", "Heart of Europe", "Capital of Freedom"
Location of Budapest in Hungary
Coordinates:
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