Overview: The Balkans (BAWL-kənz, BOL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and ...

Overview: The Slovene lands or Slovenian lands (Slovene: Slovenske dežele or in short Slovensko) is the historical denomination for the territories in Central and Southern Europe where people primarily spoke Slovene ...

Overview: Eastern Mediterranean is a loose definition of the eastern approximate half, or third, of the Mediterranean Sea, often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea.

Overview: Musala (Bulgarian: Мусала ); 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 ...

Overview: The Danube (DAN-yoob; see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black ...

Overview: Macedonia (MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as ...

Overview: Skanderbeg Mountains (Albanian: Vargmalet e Skënderbeut), also known as Vargmalet Perëndimore, are a prominent mountain range situated in the northwestern section of the Central Mountain Region of Albania ...

Overview: The Western Romanian Carpathians (Romanian:Carpații Occidentali Românești), along with the Eastern Romanian Carpathians and the Southern Carpathians is one of the three main mountain ranges of Romania ...

Overview: The Voras Mountains (Greek: Όρος Βόρας; also Boras), also known as Nidže (Macedonian: Ниџе, Turkish: Nice Dağı) are a mountain range situated on the border between Greece and North Macedonia. It separates ...

Overview: The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; Romanian: Carpații Meridionali Hungarian: Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part ...

Overview: The Šar Mountains (Serbian: Шар-планина / Šar-planina, Macedonian: Шар Планина, Šar Planina; colloquially also Šara, Cyrillic: Шара) or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) is a mountain range in ...

Overview: The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and ...

Overview: The Rhodopes (Bulgarian: Родопи, Rodopi; Greek: Ροδόπη, Rodopi; Turkish: Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern ...

Overview: The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range ...

Overview: Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay of Vlorë ...