 Rhodope mountain range

The Rhodope mountain range is a physico-geographical and geological unit of the Balkan Peninsula.It derives its name from the Rhodope Mountains.Geologically, the Rhodope mountain range is an ancient Hercynian crystalline massif - the remnant of the Aegean massif, which in the Pleistocene is partially destroyed, dismembered and demolished (its southern part is currently the bottom of the Aegean Sea).