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The Central Balkan Mountains run from Arabakonak to the Vratnik Pass, with a length of 207 kilometres (129 mi). Botev Peak, the highest mountain in the Balkan range at 2,376 metres (7,795 ft), is located in this section. The Eastern Balkan Mountains extend from the Vratnik Pass to Cape Emine, with a length of 160 kilometres (99 mi). The highest ...
The word was used by the Ottomans in Rumelia in its general meaning of mountain, as in Kod̲j̲a-Balkan, Čatal-Balkan, and Ungurus-Balkani̊, but it was especially applied to the Haemus mountain. [21] [22] The name is still preserved in Central Asia with the Balkan Daglary (Balkan Mountains) [23] and the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan.
The Uly Balkan (Turkmen: Uly Balkan dagy, Greater Balkan Mountains), also the Great Balkhan or Greater Balkhan is a mountain range in Turkmenistan, part of the Balkhan Ranges. [1] The highest summit is Mount Arlan at 1,880 metres (6,170 ft). Part of the Balkan range in the background.
Topography of Asia. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Asia defined physiographically.States sometimes associated with Asia politically and culturally, but not geographically part of Asia, are not included in this list of physical features (with the exception of Cyprus - marked with a N/A rank entry).
Pindus Mountains, Mount Parnassus/Parnassus Greece: 2,457 1,590: 867 14 Balkan Mountains, Kaloferska Mountain/Botev Peak Bulgaria: 2,376 1,567: 809 15 Valamara Mountain/Maja e Valamarës Albania: 2,373 1,526: 847 16 Mali i Gribës mountain/Maja e Këndrevicës Albania: 2,121 1,666: 455 17 Treskvica/Mala Ćaba Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2,086 1,862 ...
Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
This region is subdivided into two geomorphological units, the Pre-Balkan and the Balkan Mountains, also known in Bulgarian as Стара Планина – "Old Mountain". Their average altitude is 370 m and 735 m, respectively. [21] Its total area is 26,720 km 2, of them the Pre-Balkan spans 15,730 km 2 and the Balkan Mountains – almost ...
The Dinaric Alps (/ d ɪ ˈ n ær ɪ k /), [1] also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia , Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia , Montenegro , and Kosovo to Albania in the southeast.