Mountains of Bulgaria - Pirin, Midzhur, Cherni Vrah, Musala, List of Mountains in Bulgaria, Kom Peak, Belasica, Osogovo, Todorka, Botev Peak (Paperback)

Chapters: Pirin, Midzhur, Cherni Vrah, Musala, List of Mountains in Bulgaria, Kom Peak, Belasica, Osogovo, Todorka, Botev Peak, Slavyanka, Dzhendema, Tumba Peak, Malyovitsa, Radomir, Vihren, Vrashka Chuka, Sredna Gora, Stargach, Vezhen Peak, Ruy Mountain, Sakar Mountain, Ograzhden, Plana Mountain, Buzludzha, Levski Peak, Viskyar Mountain, Lyulin Mountain, Maleshevo, Vlahina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 83. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pirin - Pirin is the second highest mountain range in Bulgaria after Rila (2,925 m) and the eighth highest in Europe after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees, Mount Etna, the aforementioned Rila, and Mount Olympus when each is represented by its highest peak only. It has an area of 2,585 km and an average height of 1,033 m. Pirin is set in the southwest of the country between the Struma and Mesta Rivers, bordering Rila to the north at the Predel Saddle (1,142 m) and Slavyanka to the south at the Parilska Saddle (1,170 m). The distance between these two points is 60 km from the northwest to the southeast and the maximum width of Pirin is 40 km from the town of Sandanski to the village of Obidim. Other neighbouring mountains include Vlahina, Maleshevo, Osogovo and Ograzhden to the west, as well as the Rhodopes to the east. Panorama of Pirin. The Gazey peak looked from Polezhan and the Upper Gazey Lake.Geologically and geographically Pirin is divided into three parts: a north, central and south one, which are however not equal in size and tourist attractivity. Panorama from (Golyam) Polezhan 2851 m. View of a lake and marble peak.By its geological structure Pirin is a massive elevation with granite nucleus (the granite surface is 62%) covered mainly with ancient metamorphous rocks. It forms as a mountain during the Tertiary. I...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=787923