Upper Thracian Plain
The Upper Thracian Plain or Upper Thracian Lowlands is a region in Bulgaria that occupies the southeastern part of the country. Together with the Rhodope Mountains, it constitutes Northern Thrace, bordering Greece to the south and Turkey to the southeast.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Sliven
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Pazardzhik
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Svilengrad
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Elhovo
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Upper Thracian Plain
Latitude of centre
42.2167° or 42° 13' northLongitude of centre
25.05° or 25° 3' eastElevation
148 metres (486 feet)GeoNames ID
731159Wikidata ID
Q1091567Upper Thracian Plain Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Basque: Trazia Garaiko ordokia
- Bulgarian: Горнотракийска Низина
- Bulgarian: Горнотракийска низина
- Bulgarian: Маричина низина
- Bulgarian: Тракийската низина
- Cebuano: Gornotrakiyska Nizina
- Chinese: 上色雷斯平原
- Czech: Hornothrácká nížina
- Czech: Marická nížina
- Dutch: Thracische vlakte
- German: Mariza Ebene
- German: Oberthrakische Ebene
- German: Oberthrakische Tiefebene
- German: Thrakische Ebene
- German: Thrakische Tiefebene
- Greek: Βόρεια Θρακική Πεδιάδα
- Hebrew: אזור המישורים הצפוני של תראקיה
- Hungarian: Felső-Trák-alföld
- Indonesian: Dataran Trakia Atas
- Japanese: 上トラキア平地
- Lithuanian: Aukštutinės Trakijos žemuma
- Macedonian: Горнотракиска Низина
- Norwegian: Den trakiske slette
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den trakiske slette
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Den thrakiske sletta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Den trakiske sletta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Den øvre trakiske sletta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gornotrakijska nizina
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Горнотракийска низина
- Polish: Nizina Górnotracka
- Portuguese: Planície da Trácia Superior
- Russian: Верхнефракийская низина
- Russian: Верхнефракийская низменность
- Russian: Горнофракийская низина
- Russian: Горнофракийская низменность
- Russian: Марицкая низменность
- Russian: Фракийская долина
- Russian: Фракийская равнина
- Slovak: Hornotrácka nížina
- Spanish: Llanura tracia
- Spanish: Llanura tracia superior
- Swedish: Gornotrakijska Nizina
- Swedish: Övre Thrakiska låglandet
- Turkish: Yukarı Trakya Ovası
- Ukrainian: Верхньофракійська низовина
- Ukrainian: Марицька низовина
- Thracian Plain
- Trakiyska Nizina
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