Balkan Peninsula World Map
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Balkan peninsula world map. The balkans are bordered by parts of the mediterranean sea the adriatic and the ionian sea in west and by the aegean sea in south. Extending to the south from central europe into the mediterranean sea the balkan peninsula colored dark gray in the map above includes the countries of albania bosnia herzegovina bulgaria croatia greece macedonia montenegro romania serbia slovenia and the geographical political region of european turkey. The balkans or the balkan peninsula is the historical and geographical name to designate the southeastern region of europe that encompasses albania bosnia and herzegovina bulgaria greece north macedonia montenegro serbia the self proclaimed independent kosovo the portion of turkey on the european continent thrace as well as croatia romania and slovenia. The peninsula is bordered by several seas including adriatic ionian mediterranean aegean and the black seas.
The sea of marmara south of the peninsula connects the mediterranean with the black sea. Relief also shown by contours and gradient tints on some sheets. The region has a combined area of 550 000 km and an approximate population of 55 million people. The balkans is the historic and geographic area a peninsula in southeastern europe.
The 11 countrieslying on the balkan peninsulaare called the balkan states or just the balkans. Balkan peninsula with northwest border soča krka sava current political map of the balkans. Test and grow your knowledge of the balkans here. The balkan peninsula lies east of italy separated from it by the adriatic sea.
Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings on some sheets. The balkan peninsula is a peninsula and a cultural area in southeastern eastern europe. The region has a mixed scenery with many tall mountain ranges as well as deep forests plains and rivers. The region has disputed boundary lines and is named after the balkan mountains that run from serbia bulgaria to the black sea border.
Some balkan countries such as slovenia croatia bosnia and herzegovina serbia and macedonia were once part of yugoslavia.