Troglav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Troglav is the highest peak of the Dinara Mountain Range in the Dinaric Alps, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at 1,913 meters (6,276 feet) tall and has a prominence of 1,051 meters. The Dinara range is the longest massif in the karst mountains of the western Balkan peninsula.
The Dinara range stretches about 30 by 15 kilometers, making Troglav the largest part of the range. It is bordered to the northwest by the Privija pass (1,230 m) which separates it from the Dinara group, and to the southeast by the Vaganj pass (1,173 m) which separates it from the Kamešnica group, connecting Sinj in Croatia with Livno in Bosnia.
To the northeast lies Livanjsko Polje, a huge karst field in Bosnia about 65 kilometers long. On the southwest side, across the Cetina river valley, is Peruća Lake and the Sinjsko Polje in Croatia.
The southwest slopes rise gradually in a few steps, with forests of oak and hornbeam up to about 1,100–1,200 meters, then grassy ground higher up. Behind is a large depression with many peaks up to about 1,700 meters and ridges. South of Troglav is Vještičja Gora, a beech forest area at around 1,400 meters. The main ridge continues to the summit, then drops toward the Vaganj pass and broadens into pastures.
The northeast slopes are steeper and mostly forested with beech and spruce, descending toward Livanjsko Polje. A few kilometers north of Troglav is a level area with the Velike Poljanice meadows. Between the Bat (about 1,851 m) and Bunjevačko Brdo (about 1,849 m) peaks on the northeastern side is a large grassy plateau. The region averages over 1,600 meters in altitude and was shaped by ice ages.
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