Lyulin mountain

Overview

Lyulin is a mountain located in western Bulgaria, on the border between Sofia and Pernik region, and is part of the Zavalsko-Planska mountain range of Srednogorie.

It is made of limestone, tuff, tuffite and andesite. Along the ridge of the mountain passes the main watershed of Bulgaria between the catchment areas of the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. Its southwestern slopes are drained by small right tributaries of the Struma, and the northeastern by the left tributaries of Iskar - Suhodolska river and others.

The predominant soil cover is cinnamon and light brown forest soils. Its southeastern part is overgrown with deciduous forests and pastures, and the northwestern part is deforested.