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Suvobor

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Location
  
Western Serbia

Elevation
  
866 m

Parent range
  
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Mountain range
  
Dinaric Alps, Valjevo Mountains

Similar
  
Maljen, Rajac, Povlen, Medvednik, Jablanik

Suvobor (Serbian Cyrillic: Сувобор) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Suvobor has an elevation of 866 meters above sea level.

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Map of Suvobor, Polom, Serbia

The northwestern part of Suvobor is called Rajac (847 m 44°07′16″N 20°10′54″E) and is generally best developed touristically.

HistoryEdit

Suvobor and Rajac were the site of Battle of Kolubara of the World War I in December 1914. In World War II, Suvobor was a stronghold of Chetnik movement, and their leader Draža Mihailović had the main headquarters at Ravna Gora. After World War II forest rangers planted conifer trees on the naturally bare summit of the mountain.

Fauna and FloraEdit

The valleys around Suvobor are covered with young oak forests, its slopes on the other hand are covered with conifer trees. On the slopes of the mountain different animal species can be found like roe deer, hare and pheasant. Vrujci spa is located at the northern slopes of Suvobor.

References

Suvobor Wikipedia


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