Pyasachnik Reservoir

The Pyasachnik Reservoir (Bulgarian: язовир Пясъчник) is located in the northwestern part of Upper Thracian Plain in southern central Bulgaria, along the river Pyasachnik, a left tributary of the Maritsa.

It is situated northwest of the village of Lyuben in Plovdiv Province.

The reservoir covers an area of 9.1 km2 and has a volume of 206.53 million m3.

[1] Its waters are used for the irrigation of about 270 km2 arable land.

The International Game Fish Association world record for a grass carp caught on hook was set in Pyasachnik Reservoir in 2009 — 39.75 kg (87.6 lb).