Mancho

Mancho (Манчо)
Mancho (Манчо)
	Mancho
Highest point
Elevation	2,771 m (9,091 ft)
Coordinates	42°9′23″N 23°36′10″E / 42.15639°N 23.60278°E
Geography
Location	Bulgaria
Parent range	Rila Mountains

Mancho (Bulgarian: Манчо) is a summit in the eastern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,771 m.^[1] It rises northeast of Marishki Chal (2,765 m). Mancho is a granite bifurcated peak, with the higher section located to the southwest and the lower one to the northeast. Its western, northern and eastern slopes are steep and difficult to access. The northwestern slope forms the walls of the Maritsa cirque which contains the Marichini Lakes.^[1]^[2] On its slopes grows the endangered plant Taraxacum bithynicum.^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Great Encyclopedia Bulgaria 2012, pp. 2711–2712
^ Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 306
^ "Taraxacum bithynicum". Red Book of Bulgaria, Volume I. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

References

Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).
Научноинформационен център „Българска енциклопедия“ (Scientific-Information Center "Bulgarian Encyclopedia") (2012). Географски речник на България, том 5 [Great Encyclopedia Bulgaria, Vol. 5] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“ (Trud Publishing House). ISBN 9789548104272.

[Great_Encyclopedia_Bulgaria_1711-1] Great Encyclopedia Bulgaria 2012, pp. 2711–2712

[2] Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 306

[3] "Taraxacum bithynicum". Red Book of Bulgaria, Volume I. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

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