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Wikipedia: Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m. The massif is also the sixth highest mountain in Europe (when each mountain is represented by its highest peak only), coming after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna, and the highest between the Alps and the Caucasus. The larger part of the mountain is occupied by the Rila National Park. The name Rila is allegedly of Thracian origin and is thought to mean "well-watered mountain", owing to Rila's abundance of glacial lakes (about 200) and hot springs in fault areas at the base of the mountain.
![[A picture of Rila]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rilapanorama_s.jpg "A picture of Rila")
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![[Panoramic photo of the Seven Rila Lakes in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rila_7_lakes_circus_panorama_edit1_s.jpg "Panoramic photo of the Seven Rila Lakes in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria")
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![[Landscape from Rila close to the Seven Lakes]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rila_s.jpg "Landscape from Rila close to the Seven Lakes")
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![[Map of Rila mountains in English]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RilaEnglish_s.jpg "Map of Rila mountains in English")
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![[The average annual precipitation in Rila is several times the average for Bulgaria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Selo_Kostenets_rain_s.jpg "The average annual precipitation in Rila is several times the average for Bulgaria")
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![[Rila as seen from space]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rila_space_s.jpg "Rila as seen from space")
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![[Rila as seen from Kostenets]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Selo_Kostenets_001_s.jpg "Rila as seen from Kostenets")
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