Gramos Mountains

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The Gramos Mountains are a rugged mountain range straddling the border of Albania and Greece, known as a traditional homeland and cultural heartland of the Aromanian (Vlach) people.

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Gramos Mountains canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain range
borderFunction natural border between Albania and Greece
climate mountain Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Albania
Greece
culturalSignificance center of Aromanian pastoral culture
historic Aromanian migration routes
drainageBasin Aliakmonas River basin
Aoös River basin
linked to: Aoos River basin
ethnicRegion Aromanian people
linked to: Balkan Vlachs

Vlach people
linked to: Balkan Vlachs
geology Mesozoic limestone
hasEcosystem biodiverse mountain habitats
hasFeature alpine meadows
deep valleys
steep slopes
hasHighestPoint Mount Gramos
linked to: Mount Grammos
inhabitedBy Aromanians
linked to: Balkan Vlachs

Vlachs
knownFor Aromanian cultural heartland
rugged terrain
traditional homeland of Aromanians
languageRegion Aromanian language
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans

Ioannina regional unit
Kastoria regional unit
Korçë County
northwestern Greece
southern Albania
linked to: Tosk region
locatedOnBorderOf Albania
Greece
nearbySettlement Ersekë
Kastoria
Konitsa
partOf Dinaric–Pindus mountain system
linked to: Dinaric Alps

Gramos Mountains
Pindus Mountains
rangeType limestone mountains
tourism hiking
mountaineering
traditionalEconomy goat herding
sheep herding
usedFor transhumant pastoralism
vegetation coniferous forests
deciduous forests

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Vlach (Aromanian people) cultureRegion Gramos Mountains
subject linked to: Vlach (in some contexts)
Kastoria (regional unit) contains Gramos Mountains
Western Macedonia hasMountainRange Gramos Mountains
Aliakmonas River sourceLocation Gramos Mountains
Konitsa nearMountain Gramos Mountains
Armãnji hasNotableSettlementRegion Gramos Mountains
Aromãnji traditionalRegion Gramos Mountains
Mount Gramos partOf Gramos Mountains
subject linked to: Gramos Mountains
Northwestern Greece containsMountainRange Gramos Mountains
subject linked to: northwestern Greece