Pohorje

Pohorje
Bachergebirge
Pohorje near Maribor
Highest point
Peak	Black Peak (Črni vrh)
Elevation	1,543 m (5,062 ft)
Coordinates	46°30′13″N 15°27′11″E / 46.50361°N 15.45306°E / 46.50361; 15.45306
Geography
Location of Pohorje
Country	Slovenia
Range coordinates	46°32′N 15°28′E / 46.53°N 15.47°E / 46.53; 15.47Coordinates: 46°32′N 15°28′E / 46.53°N 15.47°E / 46.53; 15.47
Parent range	Southern Limestone Alps

Pohorje (pronounced [ˈpoːxɔɾjɛ]), also known as the Pohorje Massif or the Pohorje Mountains (German: Bachergebirge, Bacherngebirge or often simply Bachern), is a mostly wooded, medium-high mountain range south of the Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. According to the traditional AVE classification it belongs to the Southern Limestone Alps. Geologically, it forms part of the Central Alps and features silicate metamorphic and igneous rock. Pohorje is sparsely populated with dispersed villages. There are also some ski resorts.

Pohorje is an Alpine mountain ridge with domed summits south of the Drava. It roughly lies in the triangle formed by the towns of Maribor (to the east), Dravograd (to the west) and Slovenske Konjice (to the south). To the northwest, it is bounded by the Mislinja River, to the south by the Vitanje Lowlands (Vitanjsko podolje), to the east it descends to the Drava Plain (Dravsko polje) and to the southeast it descends to the Pohorje Foothills (Podpohorske gorice). It measures about 50 km (31 mi) from east to west and 30 km (19 mi) from north to south and covers an area of ca. 840 km² (320 sq mi). Its highest elevations are Black Peak (Slovene: Črni Vrh, German: Schwarzkogel) 1,543 m (5,062 ft), the only slightly lower Big Kopa Peak (Velika Kopa), and Lake Peak (Jezerski vrh), which rises to 1,537 m (5,043 ft). Forests cover over 70% of its surface.