The Meseș Mountains ( ro, Munții Meseșului, hu, Meszes-hegység) are a
mountain range
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in
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
,
Romania
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, which belongs to the
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Rom ...
. The highest peak is , at .
The mountains are located in
Sălaj and
Cluj
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counties, south of
Zalău
Zalău (, unofficial and former official name: ro, Zălau (; german: Zillenmarkt or , hu, Zilah, tr, Zile) is the seat of Sălaj County, Romania. In 2011, its estimated population was 56,202.
History
Ancient times
Zalău is situated in the a ...
and northwest of
Cluj-Napoca
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. The main rivers flowing through the area are the
Crasna (with its tributary, the
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...
),
Almaș
Almaș ( hu, Háromalmás) is a commune in Arad County, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hung ...
, and
Agrij
Agrij ( hu, Felsőegregy) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Agrij and Răstolțu Deșert (''Pusztarajtolc''). It was called ''Treznea-Agrij'' from 1988 to 1995, when Treznea and Bozna village ...
.
Gallery
References
Bibliography
*''Sălaj, Monografie'', Victor Cormoș, Valentin Borda, Editura Sport Turism, București 1980.
*''Zona Etnografică Meseș'', Ioan Augustin Goia, Editura Sport-Turism, București 1982.
*''Geografia României I. Geografia fizică'', M. Ielenicz, Editura Universitară 2005
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Mountain ranges of the Western Romanian Carpathians
Western Romanian Carpathians
Geography of Sălaj County