Balkan Mountains

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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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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

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Kom Peak isInWesternPartOf Balkan Mountains
Kom Peak isLandmarkOf Balkan Mountains
South Central Europe hasMountainRange Balkan Mountains
Tundzha River sourceLocation Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Stara Planina
Tundzha River sourceLocation Balkan Mountains
Yantra River sourceLocation Balkan Mountains
Yantra River sourceLocation Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Central Balkan Mountains
central Bulgaria locatedBetween Balkan Mountains
subject surface form: Central Bulgaria
central Bulgaria traversedBy Balkan Mountains
subject surface form: Central Bulgaria
Koprinka Dam locatedNear Balkan Mountains
Battle of Tryavna location Balkan Mountains
Kazanlak hasNearbyMountain Balkan Mountains
Malyovitsa belongsTo Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula mountains
Rupicapra nativeTo Balkan Mountains
Northern Bulgaria borderedBy Balkan Mountains
Northern Bulgaria hasBorderFeature Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Stara Planina
Gabrovo Province hasMountainRange Balkan Mountains
Gabrovo Province hasMountainRange Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Central Balkan Mountains
Gabrovo Province historicalRegion Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Central Stara Planina
Fore-Balkan locatedNorthOf Balkan Mountains
Fore-Balkan formsTransitionalZoneBetween Balkan Mountains
Fore-Balkan separates Balkan Mountains
Fore-Balkan hasGeologicalRelationTo Balkan Mountains
Fore-Balkan borders Balkan Mountains
Gabrovo partOf Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Balkan Mountains region
Order of Stara Planina namedAfter Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Stara Planina
Order of Stara Planina namedAfter Balkan Mountains
Southern and Eastern Serbia region containsMountain Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Stara Planina
Southern and Eastern Serbia region containsMountain Balkan Mountains
this entity surface form: Beskid (Balkan Mountains)
Bulgarian resistance areaOfOperations Balkan Mountains
Zlatitsa locatedInRegion Balkan Mountains
Zlatitsa locatedInMountainRange Balkan Mountains