Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 40: 30-34, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.2019.40.5
About existence of coniferous belt on the northern slopes of Shipchenska mountain in the past
Galin Petrov‡, Hristina Prodanova§‡ St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria§ National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Petrov G, Prodanova H (2019) About existence of coniferous belt on the northern slopes of Shipchenska mountain in the past. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 40: 30-34. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.2019.40.5 |  |
Abstract
The names of geographical objects on a particular area are peculiar store for conservation of historical-geographical information. Typical versatility of the toponymic system gives possibility for usage of different approaches for analysis of it, including spatial analysis. Information for state of natural environments and their changes is coded in the toponymic system. Historical localization of landscapes with coniferous vegetation on the northern slopes of Shipchenska Mountain (Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria) on toponymic basis is presented in the article. Some conclusions about probability for existence of coniferous belt in the past are formulated. The study is an initial attempt to build a link between toponymy and onomastics on the one hand and historical geography of landscapes on the other. The used approach has some weaknesses and could be used successfully in combination with the results of other studies such as paleobotanical, paleoecological, etc.
Keywords
Shipchenska Mountain, coniferous belt, historical geography of landscapes