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{{Short description|Gorge in Bulgaria}}
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| name = Trigrad Gorge
| other_name = Триградско ждрело
| photo = Image:Trigrad gorge.jpg
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| photo_caption = The Trigrad Gorge in autumn
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| map_caption = Location within Bulgaria
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| elevation_m = 1450
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| type = [[Gorge]]
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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
[[Image:Trigrad-gorge-gruev.JPG|right|thumb|180px|The Trigrad Gorge]]

The '''Trigrad Gorge''' ({{langx|bg|Триградско ждрело}}, {{IPA|bg|triˈɡratsko ʒdrɛˈɫɔ|pron}}) is a canyon of vertical [[marble]] rocks in the [[Rhodope Mountains]]. It is in [[Smolyan Province]], one of the southernmost provinces of [[Bulgaria]].

The gorge encloses the course of the Trigradska River, which plunges into the [[Devil's Throat Cave]] and {{convert|530|m}} further emerges as a large [[karst]] spring. It later flows into the River [[Buynovska]]. 

The gorge's west wall reaches {{convert|300|m}} in height, while the east one extends up to {{convert|300|–|350|m}}. Initially, the two walls are about 300 m apart, but the gorge narrows to about {{convert|100|m}} in the northern section. The gorge is {{convert|1.2|km}} from the village of [[Trigrad]] at {{convert|1,450|m}} [[above sea level]] and has a total length of {{convert|7|km}}, of which the gorge proper comprises {{convert|2|–|3|km}}.

==Honour==
[[Trigrad Gap]] on [[Livingston Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]], [[Antarctica]], is named after Trigrad settlement and gorge.

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[[Category:Canyons and gorges of Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Landforms of Smolyan Province]]
[[Category:Rhodope Mountains]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Smolyan Province]]

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