Advanced Geography . 68. The Balkan Peninsula. San Marino Many ranges branch from the eastern end of the of these turn towards the southeast and divide intosmaller ranges forming the highland in the Balkan penin-sula. This broad peninsula stretches from theBlack sea to the Adriatic. The Balkan range is the highest in thepeninsula. These mountains extend east andwest along the southern border of the Forests of pine and oak grow on the Balkan slopesand in other parts of the rugged highland of thispeninsula. Thousands of swine feed on the acorns. The roses which thrive nea
Advanced Geography . 68. The Balkan Peninsula. San Marino Many ranges branch from the eastern end of the of these turn towards the southeast and divide intosmaller ranges forming the highland in the Balkan penin-sula. This broad peninsula stretches from theBlack sea to the Adriatic. The Balkan range is the highest in thepeninsula. These mountains extend east andwest along the southern border of the Forests of pine and oak grow on the Balkan slopesand in other parts of the rugged highland of thispeninsula. Thousands of swine feed on the acorns. The roses which thrive nearthe Balkan range yield a per-fume known as attar of roses. The lowlands in the Bal-kan peninsula are very fertile. Morethan one half the land is arable, or fitfor plowing. The hilly portions affordgood pastures. The middle belt of the Balkan pen-insula is occupied by Turkey. Owingto the poor way in which the countryis governed, the people are shiftlessand do not make good use of theirland. Wheat, raisins and tobacco arevaluable products. Constantinople, on the strait called the Bosphorus, is the chief port of Pindus mountains are low, but they run like a backbone through the southern part of the peninsula. There, in the small country of Greece, many deep and broad valleys lie be-tween the branches of-this range. On the plain ofMarathon, shown inthe picture on page The Bosphorus.
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