Beli Iskar Reservoir
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Beli Iskar Reservoir (Bulgarian) is a small dam and reservoir in western Bulgaria, situated near the southern foothills of the Balkans' highest summit Musala (2, 925 m) in the Rila mountain range. It is built on the homonymous river, one of the two main stems of the Iskar. Administratively, the reservoir is located in the territory of the village of Beli Iskar in Samokov Municipality of Sofia Province. Lying some 75 km south of the national capital Sofia, the reservoir provides about 20% of the city's potable water supply, serving as a complementary volume to the main water source, the Iskar Reservoir. It is among the highest altitude reservoirs in Europe and is among the oldest ones in Bulgaria, constructed between 1935 and 1945.
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