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Three distinct snow cover response regions were identified: (1) high elevation sites above 1500 m in the Vitosha and Rila Mountains; (2) low elevation sites below 1000 m in the eastern Rhodope and southern Pirin Mountains and (3) a mid\u2010mountain zone of 1000\u20131500 m elevation including stations from several mountain ranges. Snow cover exhibited evidence of significant decadal\u2010scale variability over the 1931\u20132000 period but little evidence of long\u2010term trends linked to climate warming. 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