Börzsöny (; sk, Novohradské hory, New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. Its tallest peak is the
Csóványos
Csóványos () is a mountain in the Börzsöny range of the North Hungarian Mountains. It has an altitude of 938 metres and spans the border of Nógrád County and Pest County. This area was geologically active in the Miocene era, 18 to 19 million ...
with .
It is the westernmost member of the
North Hungarian Mountains
The North Hungarian Mountains ( hu, Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the norther ...
, which belongs to the
Inner Western Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system.
Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya ...
. The varied landscape offers good hiking opportunities. A large part of the Börzsöny is national park. From the top of Csóványos we can see one of the country's most beautiful panorama on the
Danube Bend (''Dunakanyar'').
Geography
The mountain is structurally divided into four parts: High Börzsöny, Northern Börzsöny, Western Börzsöny and Southern Börzsöny.
High Börzsöny
Here are the highest peaks of Börzsöny: the Csóványos (938 m),
Magos-fa (916 m),
Nagy-hideg Hill (864 m) and
Nagy-Inóc (826 m).
Northern Börzsöny
Western Börzsöny
Southern Börzsöny
Hydrography
There are about 470 creeks in Börzsöny.
The major parts of the creeks are clean water.
The mountain's longest and largest river is the
Kemence Stream.
Wildlife
A large part of the Börzsöny is covered with oak and beech.
The mountains are still registered 16 species of mammals.
The 117 species of birds occur each year in the mountains, of whom 90 are regularly spend.
Best-known songbirds are the nightingale, the thrush and the skylark.
Among the amphibians the most spectacular is the spotted salamander; among the reptiles is the angry snake.
Gallery
Börzsöny - panoramio - Verőczi Zoltán (1).jpg
Börzsöny - panoramio - Verőczi Zoltán.jpg
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Börzsöny 15.jpg
Börzsöny Závoz.JPG
Perőcsény, Hungary - panoramio (17).jpg
Vámosladány Siklósról.jpg
See also
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Geography of Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in East-Central Europe with a land area of 93,030 square km. It measures about 250 km from north to south and 524 km from east to west. It has 2,106 km of boundaries, shared with Austria to the west ...
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North Hungarian Mountains
The North Hungarian Mountains ( hu, Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the norther ...
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Countrywide Blue Tour in Hungary
Extinct volcanoes
Mountain ranges of Hungary
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
Volcanoes of Hungary
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