The Belogradchik Rocks are a group of strangely shaped sandstone and conglomerate formations on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains near the town of Belogradchik in northwestern Bulgaria. The rocks range in colour from red to yellow, some rising as high as 200 metres, and many have taken on fantastic shapes that folk legend has named after the people or objects they resemble. Declared a Natural Landmark by the Bulgarian government, they are also the only known habitat of the critically endangered Bulgarian endemic plant Hieracium belogradcense. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusNational Monument or Landmark 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Belogradchik Rocks
In Discipline
Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Belogradchik Rocks
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
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1. Wikidata: Belogradchik Rocks
- Wikidata Q3042478, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- declared a Natural Landmark by the Bulgarian government
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The Belogradchik Rocks (Bulgarian: Белоградчишки скали, Belogradchishki skali) are a group of strangely shaped sandstone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) near the town of Belogradchik in northwest Bulgaria.
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