Transport : motor, railway, air and water transport.
There are 5 airports and over 60 international airlines.

Landscape : extremely diverse. The lowlands occupy 31 %, the plains and the hilly terrains 41% and the mountains 28 % of the country’s territory. The highest peak on the Balkan Peninsula (Moussala 2 925 m) can be found in the Rila Mountains.

Water resources : on the East Bulgaria borders on the Black sea. There are also rivers, lakes, mineral springs. The largest rivers are: The Dunabe, Iskur, Maritza, Toundja, Ossum, Strouma, Yantra, Kamtchya.

Climate : moderate continental with four yearly seasons.

Natural life : basic characteristic features of Bulgaria’s natural life are the great variety and wealth of the animal and plant species. Protection of the natural world is one of the country’s major concerns.
Protected territories in Bulgaria - 49;
Biospherical reserves – 17 (the greatest recorded number in Europe);
National parks – 7
Reserves – 82
Protected natural sites – 3055
Protected plants – 63
Protected animals – 419


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