Balkan Mountains

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geographical feature mountain range

The Balkan Mountains are a major mountain range in southeastern Europe that stretch across central Bulgaria, forming a natural divide and giving the Balkan Peninsula its name.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Balkan mountains region 1
Central Balkan Mountains 1
Eastern Balkan Mountains 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
alternativeName Balkan Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Stara Planina
climate continental ⓘ
climateInfluence barrier between continental and Mediterranean influences ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
countryCrossedBy Serbia ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Bulgarian national identity ⓘ
easternTerminus Black Sea coast ⓘ
etymology Turkic word "balkan" meaning "mountain" or "wooded mountain" ⓘ
formsNaturalDivideIn Bulgaria ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Alpine orogeny ⓘ
geology folded mountains ⓘ
givesNameTo Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
hasSubrange Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Balkan Mountains

Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Balkan Mountains

Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Balkan Mountains
highestPoint Botev Peak ⓘ
highestPointCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2376 m ⓘ
historicalEventSite Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ
historicalPass Shipka Pass ⓘ
locatedIn Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedInRegion Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Europe
longDistanceTrail Kom–Emine route ⓘ
longDistanceTrailEnd Cape Emine ⓘ
longDistanceTrailStart Kom Peak ⓘ
majorRiverSource Iskar River ⓘ
Tundzha River ⓘ
Yantra River ⓘ
nameLanguage Bulgarian ⓘ
orientation west–east ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
passesThrough Beklemeto Pass ⓘ
Shipka Pass ⓘ
Beklemeto Pass ⓘ
surface form: Vratnik Pass
protectedArea Central Balkan National Park ⓘ
protectedAreaCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
runsAcross central Bulgaria ⓘ
separates Danubian Plain ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
surface form: Thracian Lowland
tourismActivity hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
vegetation coniferous forests ⓘ
deciduous forests ⓘ
westernTerminus Timok River valley ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkan Mountains → alternativeName → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stara Planina
Mediterranean Basin → borderedBy → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Eastern Romance → geographicDistribution → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan mountains region
Balkans → hasMountainRange → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Balkan Mountains → hasSubrange → Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountains → hasSubrange → Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountains → hasSubrange → Balkan Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Balkan Mountains
North Macedonia → locatedInMountainRange → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Bulgaria → mountainRange → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Yantra → sourceLocation → Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Eastern Europe → traversedBy → Balkan Mountains ⓘ