Falakro Oros (

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: Φαλακρό όρος, translated in

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as: "Bald mountain"; bg, Боздаг, ''Bozdag''; Turkish: ''Bozdağ'', translated in

as: "Gray mountain") is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

in the Drama regional unit, eastern

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, northern

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. The elevation of its highest summit, Profitis Ilias, is 2232 meters above the sea level. There is a

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on the mountain. А very small part of a low northern offshoot of Falakro extends into

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n territory, just south of the village of

Beslen Beslen ( bg, Беслен) is a village in Hadzhidimovo Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated just 2 km from the border with Greece. Geography The village is situated on the Beslen ridge of the Rhodope Mountains in the ...

in Blagoevgrad Province. The highest point that is part of Bulgaria is the forested peak Chiplakbair (1090 metres high) on the border between the two countries.

Gallery

File:Studer IMG 2303.jpg, Agios Pavlos peak of Falakro File:Falakro peak 6.jpg, Peak File:Oros Falakro Drama Greece 20071225.JPG, View from the top of Falakro File:Lifts in Ski Resort on Mountain Falakro.JPG, Lifts in ski resort on Mount Falakro near Drama. Apart the ski track, the lifts end at a cafe-bar which is at 2111m altitude File:Λουλούδια του φαλακρού.jpg, Pulsatilla flower on Mount Falakro

References

External links

Greek Mountain FloraSnow Forecast - Falakro OrosFalakro terrain map
by Geopsis Landforms of Drama (regional unit) Mountains of Bulgaria Two-thousanders of Greece Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province Mountains of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace International mountains of Europe Ski areas and resorts in Greece Rhodope mountain range {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub