The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . finedby the abrogated treaty of San Stefano (see below, under History).A considerable portion of Macedonia, the districts of Pirot andVranya belonging to Servia, the northern half of the vilayet ofAdrianople, and large tracts of the Dobrudja, are, according tothe best and most impartial authorities, mainly inhabited bya Bulgarian population. Physical Features.—The most striking physical features are twomountain-chains; the Balkans, which run east and west throughthe heart of the country; and Rhodop
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . finedby the abrogated treaty of San Stefano (see below, under History).A considerable portion of Macedonia, the districts of Pirot andVranya belonging to Servia, the northern half of the vilayet ofAdrianople, and large tracts of the Dobrudja, are, according tothe best and most impartial authorities, mainly inhabited bya Bulgarian population. Physical Features.—The most striking physical features are twomountain-chains; the Balkans, which run east and west throughthe heart of the country; and Rhodope, which, for a considerabledistance, forms its southern boundary. The Balkans constitute thesouthern half of the great semicircular range known as the antiDacian system, of which the Carpathians form the northern great chain is sundered at the Iron Gates by the passage of theDanube; its two component parts present many points of resem-blance in their aspect and outline, geological formation and Balkans (ancient Haemus) run almost parallel to the Danube, BULGARIA 773. BULGARIA Scale, i.;3, Mileso j ip 20 30 40 50 go Capitals 0///-o[;„®Capitals of Z)„.—, oBoundaries of Districts .^ Longitude East 26 of Greenwich gmefyWalfccf ac. the mean interval being 60 m.; the summits are, as a rule, rounded,and the slopes gentle. The culminating points are in the centre ofthe range: Yumrukchal (7835 ft.), Maragudlik (7808 ft.), andKadimlfa (7464 ft.). The Balkans are known to the people of thecountry as the Stara Planina or Old Mountain, the adjectivedenoting their greater size as compared with that of the adjacentranges: Balkan is not a distinctive term, being applied by theBulgarians, as well as the Turks, to all mountains. Closely parallel,on the south, are the minor ranges of the Sredna Gora or MiddleMountains (highest summit 5167 ft.) and the Karaja Dagh, en-closing respectively the sheltered valleys of Karlovo and Kaza
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