Rhodope Mountains
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 The Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria and partly in Greece |
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| Highest peak | Goljam Perelik ( 2191 m ) |
| location | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 36 ' N , 24 ° 34' E |
The Rhodope Mountains ( Bulgarian Родопи , Greek Ροδόπη, Greek , from Thracian for "area of the red-brown river") are wooded rump mountains , 83% of which are in the south of Bulgaria and 17% in the north of Greece . The highest peak is 2191 m of Goliam Perelik , more peaks are Goljama Sjutkja ( 2186 m ), Goliam Persenik ( 2091 m ), Batashki Snezhnik ( 2082 m ), Malka Sjutkja ( 2079 m ) and Prespa ( 2000 m ). The highest peak in Bulgaria, as well as on the Balkan Peninsula, is the Musala ( 2925 m ) in the Rila Mountains . The Rhodope Mountains are part of the Alpidic mountain system .
In the eastern Rhodopes beech and oak forests are predominant, in the higher western Rhodopes, however, coniferous forests (here are also the highest peaks). The significantly higher Rila Mountains join in the northwest, and the Pirin Mountains, which are also higher, in the southwest . In the east lies the Strandschagebirge . Larger cities are Velingrad , Smolyan , Peschtera , Kardzhali and Batak . There are raw material deposits of lead , copper and zinc and mineral springs in Velingrad and Naretschen .
Karst landscapes shape the area with numerous caves, deeply cut gorges and striking rock formations, such as B. the Trigrad Gorge, the Devil's Throat (Дяволското гърло), Uhloviza, Jagodinska and the rock formations Wonderful Bridges.
The western Rhodope Mountains are home to the Pomaks , while members of the Turkish minority live in the eastern Rhodope Mountains .
The mountain range has given its name to Rodopi Peak , a mountain on Livingston Island in Antarctica , since 2004 .
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- ↑ Harald Haarmann: Lexicon of the fallen languages. Beck, Munich 2002, p. 197, ISBN 3-406-47596-5