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The Danubian Plain encompasses the Moesian plate and extends from the river Timok in the west to the Black Sea in the east and from the river Danube in the north to the Balkan Mountains in the south, covering 31,520 km 2, or almost 1/3 of Bulgaria's total area. [19] Its width varies from 25 to 30 km in the west to 120 km in the east.
Vertically-tilted layers of Lower Cretaceous limestone of the Ritlite natural landmark in Lyutibrod. The geology of Bulgaria consists of two major structural features. The Rhodope Massif in southern Bulgaria is made up of Archean, Proterozoic and Cambrian rocks and is a sub-province of the Thracian-Anatolian polymetallic province.
Western Europe and parts of Central Europe generally fall into the temperate maritime climate (Cfb), the southern part is mostly a Mediterranean climate (mostly Csa, smaller area with Csb), the north-central part and east into central Russia is mostly a humid continental climate (Dfb) and the northern part of the continent is a subarctic ...
Bulgaria, [a] officially the Republic of Bulgaria, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north.
Geographically, southern Europe is the southern portion of the European continent. This definition is relative, although largely based on history, culture, climate, and flora, which is shared across the region. Southern Europe can be subdivided into three subregions: Iberian Peninsula and the surrounding islands (Southwest Europe)
The Balkan Mountains consist of around 30 distinct peaks; within Bulgaria, the range can be divided into three sections: The Western Balkan Mountains extend from Vrashka Chuka , at the border with Serbia, to the Pass of Arabakonak , with a total length of 190 kilometres (120 mi).
Geography of Bulgaria by province (30 C) * Bulgaria geography-related lists (2 C, 8 P) B. ... Historical geography of Bulgaria (3 C, 1 P) L. Landforms of Bulgaria (20 ...
Apart from the 4 Marine world biomes, the terrestrial biomes that can be found in Bulgaria are: temperate deciduous forest, temperate coniferous forest (Taiga in the mountains), Woodland, Tundra (Alpine tundra in the highest mountains, being Snezhnika glacier (41°46′09″) in Pirin massif the southernmost glacial mass in Europe, [6] [7]) Chaparral or Shrubland in the south-western corner of ...