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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 ...
Nemërçkë Mountains/Maja e Papingut Albania: 2,482 1,792: 690 13 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 ...
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.
Musala Peak, Rila The Central Balkan National Park, Balkan Mountains Mountains constitute a significant part of Bulgaria and are dominant in the southwest and central parts. Bulgaria's highest mountains are Rila (highest peak Musala , 2925 m; the highest in the Balkans ) and Pirin (highest peak Vihren , 2914 m).
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.
Topographic map of Serbia The terrain of central Serbia consists chiefly of hills and low to medium-high mountains, interspersed with numerous rivers and creeks. The main communication and development line stretches southeast of Belgrade towards Niš and Skopje (in North Macedonia ), along the valley formed by the Great and South Morava rivers .
The Balkan Mountains – Stara Planina — a mountain range in central Bulgaria and eastern Serbia. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. M.