Landforms of Sofia Province

mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula

Rila (, ) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkan Peninsula, and of Southeast Europe. It is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and forms part of the Rila–Rhodope Massif. The highest summit is Musala at an elevation of 2,925 m which makes Rila the sixth highest mountain range in Europe after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna, and the highest one between the Alps and the Caucasus. It spans a territory of 2,629 km2 with an average elevation of 1487 m. The mountain is believed to have been named after the river of the same name, which co

Musala ( ); from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at .

historic mountain pass in Sofia Province, Bulgaria

a valley in central western Bulgaria

Verila ( ) is a mountain range in western Bulgaria with an altitude of 1,415 meters above sea level. It is part of the Ruy–Verila mountain chain. Verila Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after it.

mountain in Bulgaria

Vidlič or Vidlich (Cyrillic: Видлич, ) is a mountain on the border of Bulgaria and Serbia, near the town of Pirot. Its highest peak Golemi vrh has an elevation of 1,413 meters above sea level.

waterfall

mountain in Bulgaria

mountain range

Arabakonak () or Botevgrad Pass is a mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains connecting Sofia with Botevgrad and Northern Bulgaria. It has been the site of several important events of the history of Bulgaria.

Murgash is a peak in Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains mountain range. The peak is located in the East part of Murgash massive, with an altitude of above sea level.

mountain in Bulgaria

karst wetland

Cave in Bulgaria

body of water

mountain pass in Bulgaria

Mancho () is a summit in the eastern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,771 m. It rises northeast of Marishki Chal (2,765 m). Mancho is a granite bifurcated peak, with the higher section located to the southwest and the lower one to the northeast. Its western, northern and eastern slopes are steep and difficult to access. The northwestern slope forms the walls of the Maritsa cirque which contains the Marichini Lakes. On its slopes grows the endangered plant Taraxacum bithynicum.

body of water

reservoir in Bulgaria

Ovcharets () is a summit in eastern Rila mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,768 m. It is located in Rila National Park. Ovcharets is built up of granite.

Damga () is a summit in the northwestern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,669 m. Damga is the main orographic node of northwestern Rila, connecting the ridges of Malyovitsa and Otovitsa. The peak is an impressive massif with mostly dome-shaped outlines. It dominates the western parts of the Urdina cirque containing the Urdini Lakes, where its slopes are steep and rocky. To the west, the slopes of the summit gently descend to the grassy folds of the Malko and Golyamo Pazardere meadows. It is built up of metamorphic rock.