[1] Its lower course falls with the Rusenski Lom Nature Park.

The Malki Lom takes its source from a spring at an altitude of 312 m in the Danubian Plain, some 1.4 km northeast of the village of Golyamo Novo.

It flows in general direction northwest throughout its whole course, initially in a wide valley until the village of Svalenik and then in a narrow canyon-like valley cut in Aptian limestones.

[1] Its drainage basin covers a territory of 338 km2 or 21.1% of the Beli Lom's total.

[1] The river flows in Targovishte, Razgrad and Ruse Provinces.