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Сиври чал · 2,643 m · 5.2 km WNW
Lake · Pazardzhik

Belmeken Dam

1,914 m6,280 ft
Area
4.26 km²
Tonight
0°CFog · Wind 6 km/h SW

Belmeken Dam is a lake at 1,914 m above sea level in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, 4.26 km² in area and 4.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,914 m
Length
4.1 km
Shoreline
14.6 km
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Lake

Belmeken Dam in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.1 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
14.6 km≈3¾ h to walk around
3D map

Belmeken Dam 3D map

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Belmeken Dam terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Belmeken Dam elevation profile

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Weather

Belmeken Dam weather

Tonight · Fog · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 6 km/h SW

Belmeken Dam forecast for about 1,914 m.

  • Tonight0°–6 km/h SW
  • Today2°10°–7 km/h NE
  • Sun2°9°–8 km/h E
  • Mon-1°8°5.4 mm13 km/h NW
  • Tue-3°2°0.3 mm12 km/h N
  • Wed-2°0°2.2 mm12 km/h NW
  • Thu1°3°3.5 mm12 km/h NW
  • Fri1°4°0.9 mm7 km/h W
  • Sat0°2°2.2 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun-3°0°8.7 mm7 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Belmeken Dam

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Belmeken Dam, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    1.9 km SW

    +2 more within 2.1 km

  • Nearest hut

    х.Белмекен

    5.3 km NW · +1 more within 6.0 km

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking1.9 km SW
Parking2.0 km NNE
Parking2.1 km SW
х.БелмекенHut5.3 km NW
х.Христо СмирненскиHut6.0 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.1 × 6.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
52.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
42.3%
Steep, 30–45°
5.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
5.4% of the 37 km² view
Relief in view
965 m low point 1,662 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.7%Grassland 37.1%Water 10.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km of Belmeken Dam.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Сунгурли чал2,350 m 2.1 km N
  2. 2Bełmeken2,626 m 3.0 km NW
  3. 3Славов връх2,306 m 3.1 km SSE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 80 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eastern Heath6
  • Catsfoot4
  • Dark Vanilla Orchid4
  • Small-white Orchid4
  • Large-flowered linaria4
  • Common moonwort3
Where it sits

Where Belmeken Dam sits

Range
Thrace-Macedonia massif3Rilo–Rhodope massif3Rila3
Region
Bulgaria25Europe2,143
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-12)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia