Etropole Waterfall, Natural waterfall in Etropole, Bulgaria

Etropole Waterfall is a natural water cascade located in the Balkan Mountains adjacent to Etropole Monastery, where water drops down a rocky cliff. The site sits within a forested mountain setting with vegetation surrounding the water flow.

Until the 1970s a water wheel stood at the end of the small stone channel just above the fall, driving an electric generator that supplied power to Etropole Monastery. The channel is 50–60 cm wide and only 10–15 cm deep, and the river's source lies just 300–400 m upstream.

Locals call the waterfall Varovitets, a name tied to the limestone (varovik) slope it pours over. Until the 1970s a water wheel stood at the end of the small stone channel above the drop, driving a generator that supplied electricity to Etropole Monastery. The channel is 50–60 cm wide and only 10–15 cm deep.

The stream feeding the fall rises only 300–400 m upstream and looks like a small brook; just before the drop it runs through a stone channel 50–60 cm wide and 10–15 cm deep. The fall itself drops about 15 m over a karst slope beside the Etropole Monastery.

Until the 1970s a water wheel stood at the end of the small stone channel just above the fall, driving a generator that supplied electricity to Etropole Monastery. The channel is only 50–60 cm wide and 10–15 cm deep, though the spring feeding it lies just 300–400 m upstream.