Serbian Carpathians

Coordinates: 44°10′58″N 21°55′26″E / 44.1827°N 21.9239°E / 44.1827; 21.9239
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Map of the Carpathian Mountains (Serbian Carpathians in pink, nr 8)

Serbian Carpathians (

Nišava Valley. The mountains are 800–1500 m high, and dominated by karst limestone geologic features, the highest one being Rtanj
Mountain (1,565 m).

Definitions

Under the strict definition (as defined by the

Iron Gate and the area of Đerdap National Park. The extreme points of so defined Carpathian area in Serbia are Tekija 44°43′N 22°28′E / 44.717°N 22.467°E / 44.717; 22.467 in the north, 44°22′N 22°06′E / 44.367°N 22.100°E / 44.367; 22.100 in the south, Golubac 44°40′N 21°36′E / 44.667°N 21.600°E / 44.667; 21.600 in the west and 44°39′N 22°33′E / 44.650°N 22.550°E / 44.650; 22.550 in the east (Iron Gate dam). It covers northern rims of northern Kučaj, Šomrda, Liskovac, Veliki Greben and Miroč mountains, in municipalities of Golubac, Majdanpek and Kladovo[1]

However, in Serbian geography, the epithet "Carpathian" is traditionally also given to the whole northern part of the Carpatho-Balkan arc, which connects the Carpathians proper with the Balkan Mountains. It refers to the following mountains:[1]

Homolje Mountains

There are incentives to incorporate the whole wider Serbian Carpathian region into the framework of the

Carpathian Convention.[1] Serbia ratified the Convention in November 2007.[2]

Geology

The entire part of Serbia east of the

Lower Cretaceous (K1+2, K3+4) age whose thickness can be more than 1,000 m. The structures are generally oriented in north–south direction, which bend on northern and southern parts, forming a C-shaped arc.[3]

Though those mountains are related to the Carpathians from the geological point of view, they have been included to them by the scientists only at the end of the 20th century. In the past, those mountains were included by mistake to the

Balkan mountains.[citation needed
]

Demographics

Eastern Serbia is one of the most sparsely populated areas of the Balkans. A large portion of the population is engaged in nomadic sheep-breeding. The population is mixed of Serbs and Romanians. It is underdeveloped, with sparse infrastructure and long distances between towns.[4] The region is subject to further depopulation: between censuses of 1991 and 2002, municipalities of Bor and Majdanpek lost 3,500 residents each, Negotin lost 5,500, Zaječar lost 5,000, and Knjaževac 6,500.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Upitnik za procenu nacionalne politike, legalnih i i institucionalnih okvira koji se odnose na Karpatsku konvenciju (PDF) (in Serbian), EURAC, 2006-09-11, retrieved 2010-08-27[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Zakon o potvrđivanju Okvirne konvencije o zaštiti i održivom razvoju Karpata, National Assembly of Serbia, archived from the original on 2010-08-03
  3. ^ Milena Zlokolica-Mandić, Structural-Tectonic Elements as a Factor in Cave Development, SANU, archived from the original on 2011-07-27, retrieved 2010-11-03
  4. ^ Lazarev kanjon, National Geographic serbia, 2007-08-01, archived from the original on 2008-03-15
  5. ^ Branislav Radivojša (2002-08-01), Naselja U Srbiji - Rezultati Popisa (2), Politika

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