High on Nature Scale The river Arda in the Eastern Rhodope mountains was dammed by the Bulgarian communist government in the 1960-s and thus lake Studen Kladenets was shaped, together with two other artificial lakes – Kardzhali and Ivaylovgrad. Nowadays they form the largest wetland area in Bulgaria and the Rhodope mountains, offering exclusive opportunities...



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