The
Ludogorie (, usually used with a definite article, Лудогорието,
Ludogorieto) or
Deliorman (Делиорман, ), all meaning "region of mad forests" (Bulgarian: lud - "mad", "crazy" and gora - "forest"), is a region in northeastern
Bulgaria stretching over the plateau of the same name. Major cities in the region are
Razgrad,
Novi Pazar,
Pliska and
Isperih. Part of the
Danubian Plain, the region is hilly in the east, reaching up to in height near the village of
Samuil, but merges with the plains of
Dobruja and the
Danube to the north, with the lowest point near Yuper . The region is bordered to the west by the
Provadiya River and the
Beli Lom; to the east it transitions into the
Dobruja plateau.