Matorni gori and the Turkish Kocabalkan. The Balkan Mountains are, technically, a chain of fold mountains—mountains formed by the compression and breaking of...

definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic...

mountains in mainland Balkan Peninsula. Triglav peak (2,864 m, prominence 2,059 m) in the Slovenian Julian Alps is geographically part of the Balkan Peninsula...

Balkhan Ranges or Balkan Ranges, also Balkhans, Balkans (Turkmen: Balkan daglary, Balkan Mountains) are mountains by the eastern shores of the Caspian...

Marino Balkan Mountains range, mainly Bulgaria, smaller part in Serbia Central Balkan Mountains Kaloferska Mountain, Botev Peak, Central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria...

Haemus Mountains can refer to the following: Haemus Mons was an ancient Greek name for the Balkan mountains Montes Haemus is a mountain range on the Moon...

Slavyanka mountains View from Papiya Peak, Strandzha Malyovitsa Peak in Rila List of mountain peaks in Pirin Rila Balkan Mountains Rhodope Mountains List of...

mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains,...

Balkan Mountains. Instead, the Iskar has its origin in the Rila Mountains. It passes through Sofia's eastern suburbs and crosses the Balkan Mountains...

on different altitude, except higher parts of the Rila-Rhodope and Balkan, Mountains, where they are substituted by the Rodope montane mixed forests. It...

towering mountain ranges, respectively by the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Balkan Mountains. The location of these peninsulas in the heart of the Mediterranean...

recumbent and overturned folds. The Balkan Mountains and the Jura Mountains are examples of fold mountains. Block mountains are caused by faults in the crust:...

mountains in Bulgaria List of mountains of the Balkans List of mountain ranges Mantaritza Biosphere Reserve Rila Pirin Balkan Mountains Vitosha Dechev, Dimitar...

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/kɑːrˈpeɪθiənz/) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long...

geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the...

Vitosha by the southern side, Lyulin by the western side, and the Balkan Mountains by the north, which makes it the third highest European capital after...

Jura Mountains and Swiss Alps Upper Rhine Plain, between Vosges Mountains and Black Forest Mountains Upper Thracian Plain, between Balkan Mountains (Sredna...

In earlier times, the Balkan Mountains were known as the Haemus Mons (/ˈhiːməs ˈmɒnz/ HEE-muhs MONZ). It is believed that the name is derived from a Thracian...

and alpine zone in the mountains above 1000 m altitude (central Balkan Mountains, Rila, Pirin, Vitosha, western Rhodope Mountains, etc.). The interaction...

is derived from the Balkan word meaning "mountain" in ancient Turkic languages (Khasanov, p. 47) - compare the Balkan mountains in Bulgaria. In the Turkic...

the Iskar runs through the Balkan Mountains, forming the spectacular 84 km long Iskar Gorge. As it crosses the mountains, its water course turns in a...

The Uly Balkan (Turkmen: Uly Balkan dagy, Greater Balkan Mountains), also the Great Balkhan or Greater Balkhan is a mountain range in Turkmenistan, part...

to: Balkan Mountains, a mountain range in Serbia and Bulgaria, in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, also called Stara Planina Balkan Province,...

covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516. Portals:  Mountains  Lists...

"place for prayer" is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925.42 metres (9,597.8 ft)...

battle of Kosovo in 1448, his successful "Long Campaign" across the Balkan Mountains in 1443–44 and defence of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár) in 1456, against...

mountains. Most of the major continental mountain ranges are associated with thrusting and folding or orogenesis. Examples are the Balkan Mountains,...

ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern and a southern part. Besides the Balkan Mountains, Northern Bulgaria...

high-mountain long-distance trail in Bulgaria. The route follows the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains, which bisect the country and give the Balkan Peninsula...

Serbia east to the Black Sea. They are separating the Balkan mountains from a chain of other mountains known as Srednogorie which includes Vitosha and Sredna...