Damga
Sign in to saveDamga () 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.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Landforms of Sofia Province, Mountains of Rila and Two-thousanders of Bulgaria.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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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.
The main watershed of the Balkan Peninsula passes through Damga, continuing north through the summit of Haramiyata (2,465 m) and along the ridge separating the rivers Dzherman belonging to the Aegean basin and Cherni Iskar belonging to the Black Sea basin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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