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Rila is a mountain range in south-western Bulgaria, part of the Rila–Rhodope Massif. [3] It is situated between five valleys – Dupnitsa Valley to the north-west, Samokov Valley to the north, Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley to the north-east, Razlog Valley to the south and Blagoevgrad Valley to the south-west.
Bulgaria's highest mountains are Rila (highest peak Musala, 2925 m; the highest in the Balkans) and Pirin (highest peak Vihren, 2914 m). The large mountain chain of Stara planina (Balkan Mountains) runs west–east across the entire country, bisecting it and giving the name to the entire Balkan peninsula.
Musala (Bulgarian: Мусала); from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer" [1] [2] is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925.42 metres (9,597.8 ft).
English: Geographic map of Rhodope Mountains,Rila and Pirin in Bulgaria and Greece (in English) UTM projection, WGS84 datum Geographic limits of the map: West: 23.10° E; East: 26.40° E; North: 40.58° N; South: 42.30° N; Sources of data: Topography: NASA SRTM3; Transport, Rivers, Places: OpenStreetMap
Rila National Park (Bulgarian: Национален парк „Рила“) is the largest national park in Bulgaria spanning an area of 810.46 km 2 (312.92 sq mi; 200,270 acres) in the Rila mountain range in the south-west of the country.
Rilets (Bulgarian: Рилец) is a summit in the northwestern part of the Rila mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,713 m. [1] It is named after the 19th-century Bulgarian architect Aleksi Rilets. It is located in Rila Monastery Nature Park, where it is the highest peak. [2]
It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River ("Rila River") at an elevation of 1,147 m (3,763 ft) above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park.
Pages in category "Mountains of Rila" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Belmeken (peak)