query: What countries are on the Balkan Peninsula?
passage: Balkans
The Balkans are usually said to comprise Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo,[a] the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, while Greece and Turkey are often excluded. Its total area is usually given as 666,700 square km (257,400 square miles) and the population as 59,297,000 (est. 2002).[38][39]
passage: List of Balkan endemic plants
The next review of endemic plants on the Balkans includes all known taxa of these categories, from Greek (including Pindus mountain system), Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia. Northeast border goes mainly along the valley of the river Sava and continues along the Danube and including most of the Bulgaria, and to the southeast to the European part of Turkey. Also included Pannonian zone to steps areas geographical boundaries of the Balkans of the southern part of the Romania.