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Pohorje is a mountain range that is mostly covered with spruce forest. On larger treeless areas, popular ski slopes have been built, where skiing is possible until the May Day holidays.
Pohorje is a popular excursion spot for people from Carinthia and Styria.
Among the vast forests of Pohorje, we come across numerous small lakes. The most famous are the Lovrenc Lakes, Ribniško Lake, and Črno Lake.
Pohorje is divided into three parts:
Ribnica Pohorje, which also includes the highest peak of Pohorje, the 1,534 m high Črni Vrh, located on the western side of the range.
The central part is occupied by Zreče Pohorje, which we know as Rogla. Rogla, a well-known ski center, is also a climatic health resort.
The eastern part of Pohorje belongs to Maribor Pohorje, which is also a famous ski center. In this part, we also encounter the largest waterfall in Pohorje, the Šumik Waterfall, which is also the largest waterfall in Slovenia on non-carbonate rock.
In this group of mountains, we have also included the Dravinja Hills, which stretch above the left bank of the Dravinja River, and Haloze, which are squeezed between the Karawanks, Dravinja, and Drava. The highest peak of Haloze is Jelovice at 623 meters.
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