page_title: Torfeno Branishte
hierarchical_section_title: Torfeno Branishte
caption_attribution_description: Български: Платото, Резньовете и Черни връх, Витоша, България English: Platoto, Reznjovete &amp; Cherni Vrah peak, Vitosha mountain, Bulgaria
context_page_description: Torfeno Branishte is a nature reserve on Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, along with the Bistrishko Branishte reserve. The reserve has a surface area of 728.8 ha comprising the parts of Big Plateau and the Kapaklivets Plateau between the peaks of Cherni Vrah, Ushite, and Chernata Skala, including the upper watersheds of the Vladayska, Boyanska and Dragalevska Rivers.
  Torfeno Branishte was created in 1935 to preserve the pristine turf communities in the Subalpine zone of Vitosha, with hundreds of moss and algae species. The turf surface is 0.6 to 2 m thick, increasing by 1 mm annually.
  Access to the reserve is strictly forbidden because along with its conservation status Torfeno Branishte is also a drinking water catchment area.
context_section_description: Torfeno Branishte (Bulgarian: Торфено бранище / ‘Turf Reserve’) is a nature reserve on Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, along with the Bistrishko Branishte reserve.  The reserve has a surface area of 728.8 ha comprising the parts of Big Plateau and the Kapaklivets Plateau between the peaks of Cherni Vrah (2290 m), Ushite (1906 m), and Chernata Skala (1869 m), including the upper watersheds of the Vladayska, Boyanska and Dragalevska Rivers.
  Torfeno Branishte was created in 1935 to preserve the pristine turf communities in the Subalpine zone of Vitosha, with hundreds of moss and algae species.  The turf surface is 0.6 to 2 m thick, increasing by 1 mm annually.
  Access to the reserve is strictly forbidden because along with its conservation status Torfeno Branishte is also a drinking water catchment area.
caption: The lower northern part of Torfeno Branishte from Vrah Ushite (‘Ears Peak’); Cherni Vrah in the background.
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