The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, considered part of the
Western Romanian Carpathians
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(''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range.
The Banat Mountains consist of:
* The Banat Mountains (''Munții Banatului'') per se, which include:
** the
Semenic Mountains
Semenic is a ski resort in the Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park, in the Banat region of Romania.
Etymology
The ''semenic'' is actually a rare flower growing in the wilderness of the mountains. Therefore, this western Romanian ski resort w ...
(''Munții Semenic'');
** the
Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei'');
** the
Anina Mountains (''Munții Aninei'');
** and the
Dognecea Mountains
Dognecea ( hu, Dognácska) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region of Romania, with a population of 2,009 people. It is composed of two villages, Calina (''Kalina'') and Dognecea.
The commune is located in the northwestern part ...
(''Munții Dognecei'').
* The
Almăj Mountains (''Munții Almăjului'').
* The
Timiș-Cerna Gap
Timiș-Cerna Gap () is a mountain pass in South-Western Romania, mostly in Caraș-Severin County, dividing the Southern Carpathians and the Banat mountain ranges, both part of the Carpathians.
The pass follows the paths of the rivers Timiș (wh ...
(''Culoarul Timiș-Cerna''), including the
Almăj Depression (''Depresiunea Almăj''), which divide the Banat Mountains from the
Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the P ...
.
* The
Caraș Hills (''Dealurile Carașului'').
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Mountain ranges of Romania
Mountain ranges of the Western Romanian Carpathians
Western Romanian Carpathians