Crni vrh ( sr-Cyrl, Црни врх, ro, Vârful Negru) is a mountain in eastern
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
, between towns of
Bor and
Žagubica
Žagubica ( sr-cyr, Жагубица, ; ro, Jagubița or ) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated in the geographical region of Homolje. In 2011, the population of the village is 2, ...
. Its eponymous highest peak has an elevation of above sea level. It is a minor winter resort, and it has several ski tracks, although the infrastructure is in bad shape. However, in 2009 the municipality of Bor invested in reconstruction of the ski lift
[ The main ski track is 1100 m long and has height span of 260 m.][
Hotel complex "]Hyatt
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hotel Jelen" is being built by a consortium of Serbian public companies, however the works were aborted during the NATO bombing and have never been restored. In 2010, talks were held with an unnamed Russian company about overtaking of the site. Currently, there is a mountaineering home near the track, with 30 beds.[
Crni vrh has good road infrastructure, because it lies near the magistral road Bor-Žagubica.][
At the foothills a dam was built in 1953, creating an artificial lake (]Bor Lake
Bor Lake ( sr, / ) is an artificial lake in eastern Serbia (Bor District), at an altitude of , less than from the city of Bor, about south east from Belgrade. It is on the road from Bor to Žagubica. Hotels and country houses are built around ...
, sr-Latn, Borsko jezero). Although it was originally planned to supply the nearby mine, its pure waters proved excellent for swimming for small-scale tourism.
Climate
The climate is humid continental
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
: ''Dfb'').
References
Bor, Serbia
Mountains of Serbia
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