Gramos Mountains

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The Gramos Mountains are a rugged mountain range straddling the border of Albania and Greece, known as a traditional homeland and cultural heartland of the Aromanian (Vlach) people.

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Gramos Mountains canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain range
borderFunction natural border between Albania and Greece
climate mountain Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Albania
Greece
culturalSignificance center of Aromanian pastoral culture
historic Aromanian migration routes
drainageBasin Aliakmonas River basin
Aoos River basin
surface form: Aoös River basin
ethnicRegion Balkan Vlachs
surface form: Aromanian people

Balkan Vlachs
surface form: Vlach people
geology Mesozoic limestone
hasEcosystem biodiverse mountain habitats
hasFeature alpine meadows
deep valleys
steep slopes
hasHighestPoint Mount Grammos
surface form: Mount Gramos
inhabitedBy Balkan Vlachs
surface form: Aromanians

Vlachs
knownFor Aromanian cultural heartland
rugged terrain
traditional homeland of Aromanians
languageRegion Aromanian language
locatedIn Balkans
surface form: Balkan Peninsula

Ioannina (regional unit)
surface form: Ioannina regional unit

Kastoria (regional unit)
surface form: Kastoria regional unit

Korçë County
northwestern Greece
Tosk region
surface form: southern Albania
locatedOnBorderOf Albania
Greece
nearbySettlement Ersekë
Kastoria
Konitsa
partOf Dinaric Alps
surface form: Dinaric–Pindus mountain system

Gramos Mountains self-linksurface differs
Pindus Mountains
rangeType limestone mountains
tourism hiking
mountaineering
traditionalEconomy goat herding
sheep herding
usedFor transhumant pastoralism
vegetation coniferous forests
deciduous forests

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

Vlach (in some contexts) cultureRegion Gramos Mountains
subject surface form: Vlach (Aromanian people)
Kastoria (regional unit) contains Gramos Mountains
Western Macedonia hasMountainRange Gramos Mountains
Aliakmonas River sourceLocation Gramos Mountains
Konitsa nearMountain Gramos Mountains
Armãnji hasNotableSettlementRegion Gramos Mountains
Aromãnji traditionalRegion Gramos Mountains
Gramos Mountains partOf Gramos Mountains self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mount Gramos
northwestern Greece containsMountainRange Gramos Mountains
subject surface form: Northwestern Greece