Izvorska Planina

Izvorska Planina
Izvorska Planina Location in Bulgaria, on the border with Serbia
Highest point
Elevation	1,242 m (4,075 ft)
Coordinates	42°30′28.8″N 22°32′45.6″E
Naming
Native name	Изворска планина (Bulgarian)
Geography
Location	Bulgaria–Serbia border

Izvorska Planina (Bulgarian: Изворска планина) is a mountain range in Kraishte region on the border of western Bulgaria and southeastern Serbia. Its highest summit is Plocha at 1,242 meters above sea level.[1] It is part of the Milevska-Konyavska range.

From north to south, its length is 12 km; its width is up to 8 km. To the southwest and south, the valley of the river Dragovishtitsa, a right tributary of the Struma, separates it from the Dukat and Chudinska mountain ranges. To the east, the valley of the Uyneshtitsa river, a left tributary of the Dragovishtitsa, separates it from Zemenska Planina; to the northeast, through a 1,148 m high saddle, it connects to Kobilska Planina. To the north, via the Slavcheto saddle (960 m) on the border with Serbia, it connects to Milevska Planina.[1]

The ridge of the mountain is flat and hilly with rounded summits, the highest being Plocha (1242.2 m),[1] located at border pyramid No. 140, about 1 km west of the outer hamlets of the village Gorni Koriten.

The predominant soils are brown forest and cinnamon forest soils. Izvorska Planina is covered with deciduous forests.[1]

Citations

1. Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, pp. 221–222

References

• Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).