Study Areas

Southern Carpathians

  • A: Bucegi;  B: Făgăraș,  C: Retezat;
  • 1: Lake Vulturilor (Buzău Mts; 1420 m);    2: Lake Bâlea (2034 m)

Mountains of the Northeastern Balkan Peninsula

  • E: Rila,   F: Pirin
  • 3: Lake Panichishte (1346 m); 4: Lake Bezbog (2235 m)

Danube terraces (D)

  • formed between the Carpathians and the Balkan Mountains