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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.
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).
Botev Peak (Bulgarian: (връх) Ботев [3] Bulgarian pronunciation: [(vrɤx) ˈbɔtɛf]) is, at 2,376 metres (7,795 ft) above sea level, the highest peak of the Balkan Mountains in southeastern Europe. It is located close to the geographic centre of Bulgaria, and is part of the Central Balkan National Park.
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: Musala: 2925 m 9,596 ft Black Sea: sea level 2925 m 9,596 ft Burkina Faso: Mount Tenakourou: 747 m 2,451 ft Black Volta: 200 m 656 ft 549 m 1,801 ft Burundi: Mount Heha: 2684 m 8,806 ft Lake Tanganyika: 772 m 2,533 ft 1912 m 6,273 ft Cambodia: Phnom Aural: 1813 m 5,948 ft Gulf of Thailand: sea level 1810 m 5,938 ft Cameroon: Mount ...
Vihren seen above the forests. The wildlife is alpine. The flora of Vihren's slopes consists of herbaceous plants and lichens. [6] Vihren is home to a number of habitats, including alpine and sub-alpine open calcareous grasslands that at inclination of 30–45° at altitude over 2,500 m on the marble bedrock forms phytocenosis dominated by Sesleria korabensis, [9] and alpine and sub-alpine ...
Musala Peak, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria Mytikas Peak, Mount Olympus, Greece Maja e Jezercës, Accursed Mountains, Albania Vihren, Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini, Belasitsa, Bulgaria and Greece View of Botev Peak from I-6 road (Bulgaria)
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).