Saturday, May 14, 2016

Serbia: European Nature Protection 2016

Two new stamps in European Nature Protection series by Serbian Post!

First stamp is Kučaj-Beljanica mountain range.

Kučaj mountains is a mountain range in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, Velika Tresta has an elevation of 1,284 meters above sea level. They belong to Serbian extension of Carpathians. Kučaj separates the valleys of Great Morava and Timok. Beljanica is a mountain in Homolje region in eastern Serbia, near the town of Žagubica. Its highest peak has an elevation of 1,339 meters above sea level.

 Second stamp is Pešter field.

Pešter is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška region. It lies at the altitude of 1150–1492 m. The plateau is actually a large field surrounded by mountains of Jadovnik (1734 m), Zlatar (1627 m), Ozren (1693 m), Giljeva (1617 m), Javor (1519 m), Golija (1833 m), Žilindar (1616 m), Hum (1756 m), Ninaja (1462 m) and Jarut (1428 m).The soil is mostly karst interspersed with pastures.




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