Ruy (mountain)
mountain in Bulgaria and Serbia
Ruy (Bulgarian: Руй) or Ruj (Serbian Cyrillic: Руј), is a mountain range in the Kraishte region on the border of western Bulgaria and southeastern Serbia. Its eponymous highest summit rises 1,706 meters above sea level. The mountain range is located west of Tran and formed the westernmost part of the Ruy-Verila range. On a clear day may be observed the ranges of Rila and Vitosha in Bulgaria and Veliki Strešer in Serbia.
Geography
From northwest to southeast, its length is about 12 km, and its width is up to 10 km. It covers of a territory of 86 km2. To the northeast, east and southeast it reaches the valley of the river Erma, and to the south its slopes descend steeply to the Tran valley, also known as Znepole. To the north, northwest and west it extends to the valley of the river Blatanica (a left tributary of the Erma), and to the southwest through a saddle at an altitude of 1243 m, it is connected to Miloslavska planina.
Ruy is a typical massive, block-type mountain bounded by steep, faulted slopes. Its ridge is flat, at about 1600–1700 m above sea level.
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