Balkan Mountains

Southeast of Niš rises Suva Planina, the Dry Mountain, a long ridge overlooking the valleys of southern Serbia. Its highest peak, Trem, stands above steep cliffs and upland pastures. Oak forests cover the lower slopes, giving way to beech and fir higher on the mountain. Water is scarce on much of the limestone ridge, and the few springs are especially valuable to the herds that graze its high ground.