The Pindus (Greek: Πίνδος, Albanian: Pino) mountains are a range located in central Greece, roughly 160 km (100 miles) long, with a maximum elevation of 2636 m (8650 ft), along the border of Thessaly and Epirus. Pindus is often called "the spine of Greece".
Along the mountain range, there are various linguistic enclaves where the Aromanian language is preserved and spoken besides Greek.
PindusMountains (Albanian Mal Pino; Greek, Pindos Óros), mountain system, north-western Greece, separating Thessaly from Epirus and extending about 160 km (100 mi) from the border of Albania.
The Pindus range is as high as 2,546 m (8,352 ft) in the Smolikas.
Several of the main rivers in the area rise in the Pindus, including the Piniós, the Aoos (in Albania, the Vjosë), the Akheloos, and the Aliákmon.
The mountain range stretches from near the Albanian border in northern Greece to the north of the Peloponnese.
The Pindus range is the southern part of a large arc of mountain ranges spanning southeastwards from the Alps, via the Dinaric Alps, and includes the Šar-Korab massive, Pindus, Parnassos, Chelmos and the rest of Peloponessus, having its southern extreme in Mount Taigetos.
Because of the instability of the soil on steep mountains, road-building and clear-cutting operations have led to dangerous landslides and the collapse of mountain slopes.
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