Persina Natural Park

Belene Island (Bulgarian: остров "Белене", also known as Persin Island, остров "Персин") is the biggest island in Bulgarian waters. It is 14.5 km long and reaching 6 km in width and is located in the Danube, off the Bulgarian coast near the town of Belene. Belene Island is the fourth biggest Danube island. Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078  m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500  m³/s Area watershed 817,000  km² Origin  Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg... Belene (Bulgarian Белене) is a town in Northern Bulgaria. ...

Belene Island is a part of the Belene Islands Complex and of the Persina Natural Park, a home to over 170 species of rare water birds, such as the Glossy Ibis, Pygmy Cormorant, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-breasted Goose and others. Orders Many - see section below. ... Binomial name Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. ... Binomial name Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) The Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. ... Binomial name Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788 The Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. ... Binomial name Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) The Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) is a goose of the genus Branta, closely related to the Brent Goose (Branta bernicla). ...

The island is famous for the concentration camp that functioned there from 1949 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1959, where the enemies of the communist regime in Bulgaria were sent. It is still operating as a prison in the western part of the island, while the eastern part is a managed natural reserve. A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

See also

• List of islands of Bulgaria