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Mountains Of Bulgaria
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). 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. Other extensive mountains are the massifs Rhodopes and Strandzha in the south. List of mountains in Bulgaria with their highest peaks List of peaks above 2500 m Gallery Image:Selo Kostenets 001.jpg, Rila as seen from the village of Kostenets, Sofia Province Image:Vihren.JPG, Vihren Peak in Pirin as seen from the north Image:Tevno ezero i Kamenica.jpg, Kamenitsa Peak and Tevno Ezero Lake, Pirin Image:Stargach and Slavyanka.jpg, Stargach and Slavyanka mountains Image:Strandzha-dinev-2.jpg, View from Papiya Peak, Strandzha Image:Maliovitsa_54072.jpg, Malyovitsa Peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musala IMG 1447
Musala ( bg, Мусала ); from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from ''Musalla'', "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at . With a topographic prominence of , Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe. Musala is also the 3rd most topographically isolated major peak in Continental Europe. Musala is situated within the Rila National Park, which is noted for its rich flora, including species such as Macedonian Pine and Bulgarian Fir in the forests on its middle slopes, and fauna; it is one of the easiest places in Europe to see the wallcreeper. All major mountain ranges of Bulgaria can be seen from the top; these include Vitosha to the northwest, Sredna Gora towards the northeast, the Balkan Mountains along most of the northern horizon behind Vitosha and Sredna Gora, the Rhodope Mountains to the southeast, Pirin to the south, Osogovo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilo Mountains, Bulgaria
The Bilo Mountains, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are a ridge or small range in the Balkan Mountains of western Bulgaria, in Sofia Province. They are located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Sofia and about southwest of Botevgrad, near the town of Pravets Pravets or Pravetz ( bg, Правец, also transliterated as Pravec, ) is a town in Pravets Municipality in central western Bulgaria, located approximately from the capital Sofia. Pravets is home town of Pravetz computers. Pravets has a populat .... ''Bilo'' (''Било'') in Bulgarian means ''ridge''. Notes Mountain ranges of Bulgaria Balkan mountains Landforms of Sofia Province {{Sofia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisets Mountain (Kyustendil Province)
Lisec or Lisets may refer to: in Bulgaria ( bg, Лисец): * Lisets, Kyustendil Province * Lisets, Lovech Province * Lisets Mountain (Kyustendil Province), a mountain range (highest peak 1500 m) in the Krajište region (Краище), Kyustendil Province * Lisets Mountain (Sofia and Lovech Province), a mountain range (highest peak 1283 m) in Sofia Province and Lovech Province in North Macedonia ( mk, Лисец): * Lisec, a village in Tetovo Municipality * Lisec, the highest peak (1754 m) of the Plačkovica mountain range in Vinica Municipality * Lisec, the highest peak (1934 m) of the Golešnica mountain range in Slovenia: *Lisec, Tolmin, a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin *Lisec, Trebnje, a settlement in the Municipality of Trebnje in Ukraine ( uk, Лисець, russian: Лисец): *Lisec (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast * Lisec (Khmelnytskyi Oblast), a village in Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́ць ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greben (mountain)
Greben (Cyrillic: Гребен, meaning "ridge" or literally "comb") is a mountain in southeastern Serbia, with a small section of the southwestern ridge in Bulgaria. It is named after a large karst ridge that runs along its spine. Greben rises near the village of Poganovo in Serbia, in the municipality of Dimitrovgrad, and extends southeast towards the Bulgarian village of Vrabcha. Prior to the Treaty of Neuilly of 1919, after the First World War, the area was part of Bulgaria. Its highest peak ''Beženište'' (or ''Dziglina livada'') stands at an elevation of 1,338 meters above sea level. The highest peak that falls within Bulgaria is ''Dragovski kamak'' (Драговски камък), at 1,118 m. Due to the characteristic pyramidal shape of its north face, Dragovski kamak is referred to as the "Matterhorn of Tran". With nearby Vlaška planina, Greben forms the attractive canyon (''Poganovsko ždrelo'') of the Jerma (Erma) river. Greben Hill Greben Hill ( bg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golo Bardo
Golo may refer to: Places * Golo (river), Corsica, France * Golo (department), a former department of France on Corsica * Golo Island, a part of the municipality of Looc, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines * Golo, Ig, a settlement in the municipality of Ig, Slovenia * Golo, Vodice, a former settlement in the municipality of Vodice, Slovenia * Golo, Sudan, a town in Darfur * Golo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community, United States People * Golo (footballer), Spanish retired footballer Óscar Santor Martínez (born 1978) * Golo Mann (1909–1994), German historian and writer born Angelus Mann, son of Thomas Mann Other uses * Golo Footwear, an American shoe manufacturer * Golo (programming language) * Golo, who falsely claimed to be the lover of Genevieve of Brabant of medieval legend See also * Gollo people The Golo or Gollo are an ethnic group living in the South Sudanese state of Western Bahr el Ghazal. The area occupied by the Gollo lies to the west of the town of Wau and is de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
