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The mountain mass is covered with oak and beech forests, as well as alpine summer pastures. Various endemic plants can be found here, including the
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85:41°07′00″N
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363:Citations
340:Geography
332:Apollonia
264:limestone
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113:Geography
65:Isolation
45:Elevation
346:See also
316:Kandavia
276:Shkumbin
244:Librazhd
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312:Illyria
306:History
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278:river.
258:Geology
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