Pindus Mountains

East of the Pelagonian plain, the mountains of Selečka and Nidže rise beyond the fields of Prilep and Bitola. Their slopes help enclose a broad basin drained by the Crna River and its tributaries. Farther south, the high ridge of Nidže reaches Kajmakčalan, more than two thousand meters above sea level. The contrast between the open plain and the surrounding mountains gives Pelagonia its distinctive outline in the landscape of Macedonia.