The MP presents the following main geographic characteristics and natural factors in the region of Nessebar and particularly – of the peninsula, that are related to the formation, state and conditions for the preservation of its historic structures:
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relief and specific morphology of the peninsula – altitude from 0 to 18 m above sea level; connection to the mainland through a narrow isthmus;
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climate – moderate continental, strongly influenced by the Black Sea basin;
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geological conditions: geolithological texture of territory; hydrologic characteristic; erosion and landslide processes, elapsed through the various historical periods; components of the environment (quality of the atmosphere; state of the surface waters; waste waters);
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natural landscape (topographical characteristics, vegetation, characteristic features of the aquatory) and active current nature-protection regimes.
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- Fig. 17. Characteristics of the natural topography of the peninsula
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- Fig. 18. Characteristics of the vegetation along the southern coast of the peninsula
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- Fig. 19. Characteristics of the natural topography and coastline of the peninsula
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- Fig. 20. Characteristics of the landscape on the mainland
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- Fig. 21. Characteristics of the landscape on the mainland
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- Fig. 22. Coastal dunes on the mainland. View towards the peninsula
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- Fig. 23. View from the east towards the mainland
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- Fig. 24. View from the southwest towards the mainland, the isthmus and the peninsula
