Dren (mountain)

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Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appear ...

from Markova Kula, with the Dren mountain in the background. , highest = Livada , highest_location = , elevation = , elevation_m = 1663 , elevation_ref = , elevation_system = , prominence = , prominence_m = , prominence_ref = , parent_peak = , isolation = , isolation_m = , isolation_ref = , isolation_parent = , listing = , map = North Macedonia , coordinates = {{coord, 41.2953, N, 21.6760, E, source:wikidata, display=it , coordinates_ref = , length = , length_km = , length_orientation = , length_ref = , width = , width_km = , width_orientation = , width_ref = , area = , area_km2 = , area_ref = , etymology = , nickname = , native_name ={{native name, mk, Дрен , translation = , pronunciation = , authority = , country = {{NMK , country_type = , state = , state_type = , location = , region = , region_type = , district = , district_type = , part = , part_type = , settlement = , settlement_type = , parent = , border = , topo_maker = , topo_map = , biome = , formed_by = , orogeny = , age = , type = , geology = , volcanic_region = , last_eruption = , first_ascent = , easiest_route = , normal_route = , access = Dren ( mk, Дрен) is a mountain located by the town of

in central

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. It stretches between the Mariovo Valley to the south and the Raečkata Valley to the northeast. With its extension, the mountain Dren encloses Prilep Field and Pelagonia from the east and the city of

itself, in the south its slopes enclose the deep valley of Crna Reka in

Mariovo Mariovo ( mk, Мариово) is a historic region in the southern part of North Macedonia, with an area of 1,390 square km and an elevation 1,050 m, situated among mountains. Geography Mountains * Selečka (highest peak - ''Visoka'' 1,471 m) ...

, from the west it encloses the valley of Raečka Reka. To the north, Mount Dren is connected to Mount Babuna via the Pletvar pass, in the southern part through the road to the village Bonče and the former village Pisokal, the mountain is connected with Selečka Mountain. In fact, it is a continuation of Selečka Mountain with the direction of extension SE-NW. The highest peak is Livada (1,663 m) in the west, Four Beeches (1,476 m) and the Three Straits (1,476 m) in the east. Of the passes, the biggest role is played by the Ligurosa pass (1,152 m), which connects Raeč with

. Apart from the direction of extension, Dren Mountain is different from Selečka Mountain from the geological composition as well, which here is mainly composed of rocks from the marble series, for which on both slopes there are the most famous places of finding and marble excavations such as Sivec and the villages of Belovodica on the north, and Veprcani on the south slope. Due to the marble and partly limestone composition of the soil, there are Gulabinka, Pesti and Podot caves on the southern slope, and underground in the mountain there are large amounts of water that flow into the strong Gjukakovski Springs under the southern slope on the left bank of Crna and the so-called Marble Lake near Belovodica on the northern slope. The plant world includes deciduous forests of

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

dogwood ''Cornus'' is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. Most are deciduous trees or shru ...

, less often beech and poplar, and on significantly larger areas, especially on the southern slopes in the valley of the Crna Reka is the evergreen

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts ...

forest. Mountains of North Macedonia Prilep Municipality