Part A - EIA 400 kV OHTL Stp - мепсо а.д.

Environmental Impact Assessment Study for 400 kV OHL SS Stip – Macedonian-Serbian BorderMap of tectonic-structural segments in Vardar tectonic zone is presented in the followingpicture.Source: Tectonics of Maceodnia, Milan Arsovski, Ph.D., 1997Serbian-Macedonian MasiffThe Alps orogenic belt of the Balkan, that is the Serbian-Macedonian massif is an internalmassif, which divides the Alps systems – on the east side – Dinarides-Helnides, and on theeastern side Carpatho-Balkanides. As a middle massif, consisting mainly of pre-Alpsstructural complexes, the Serbian-Macedonian massif spreads from Danube in the north,through the entire territory of FR Yugoslavia and R. Macedonia until Halkidiki (R. Greece) tothe south. Its width on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia varies between 60-80 km.On this territory, it covers an area of approximately 3,500 km 2 . On its western side it had theVardar zone, and on its eastern side, on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, it connectswith the Rhodope Mountains (i.e. the Pirin structures).66