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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.
Bulgaria's flora contains between 3,800 [87] and 4,200 [88] vascular plant species of which 170 are endemic and 150 are considered endangered. There more than 6,500 species of non-vascular plants and fungi. [84] The Eurasian lynx has a growing population in Bulgaria. Bulgaria's vertebrate fauna is among the most diverse in Europe.
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.
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).
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO ...
Bulgaria's most southern point is in the Kardzhali Province's Mount Veykata. At 1,463 metres (4,800 ft), Veykata is the highest Bulgarian peak of the Gyumyurdzhinski Snezhnik ridge in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, [2] and borders the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery of Greece. [3] Bulgaria's westernmost point is in Vrashka chuka saddle. [4]
The Pirin Mountains (Bulgarian: Пирин) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of 2,914 m (9,560 ft).. The range extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km (25 mi) wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km 2 (998 sq mi).