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 Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...
. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger
Alps-Himalaya System
The Alpide belt or Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt,K.M. Storetvedt, K. M., ''The Tethys Sea and the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt; mega-elements in a new global tectonic system,'' Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 62, Issues 1 ...
that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "
provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right.
To generalize, there are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and the Southern Carpathians.
Naming conventions
The division is largely (with many exceptions) undisputed at the lowest level (except for the
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
part), but various divisions are given for the higher levels, especially for the penultimate level. A
geomorphological
Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...
division has been used as much as the data was available; other new physiogeographic divisions were used in other cases. Where the classification of a higher level "title" is known/sure, it is added at the end of the name in brackets, e.g. "(subprovince)".
;Taxonomy
The names are also given in the language of the corresponding country and marked by the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
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country codes
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:
*AT=
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
*CZ=
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
*HU=
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 ...
*PL=
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
*RO=
Romania
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* RS=
Serbia
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*SK=
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
*UA=
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
The most confusing and diverse is the classification of the
Beskids
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west a ...
, including the
Western Beskids
The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Out ...
, the
Central Beskids
The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle ...
and the
Eastern Beskids
The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
. Their geologic features are fairly distinct, but multiple traditions, languages, and nationalities have developed overlapping variants for the divisions and names of these 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 ...
, it is usual to divide the
Eastern 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 Sy ...
in Romanian territory into three formal groups (northern, central, southern), instead in ''Outer'' and ''Inner'' sections of Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian approach is shown by adding the following abbreviations to the names of units within Romania:
*MMB =
Maramureș-Bukovinian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei'')
*MMT =
Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani'')
*MC =
Curvature Carpathians
The Sub Carpathians of Curvature, ''Ciucaș'', or Curvature Carpathians ( ro, Carpații de Curbură, hu, Kárpátkanyar), are located between the Trotuș and Slănic rivers in Romania. They are a range of high hills (800–900 m), with knolls ...
(''Munții Carpați de Curbură'')
A similar standard (grouping of ''outer'' and ''inner'' sections) is traditionally applied within broader use of the term "
Wooded Carpathians
The term Wooded Carpathians ( uk, Лісисті Карпати; pl, Karpaty Lesiste; hu, Erdős-Kárpátok; german: Waldkarpaten) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both '' ...
", that encompasses all mountain ranges within the central section of ''Outer Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Eastern Beskids'' with ''
Polonynian Mountains
Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...
'', and also all mountains within the northern section of ''Inner Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Vihorlat-Gutin Area'' and ''Maramureș-Rodna Area''.
The
Transylvanian Plateau
The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania.
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...
is encircled by, and geologically a part of, the Carpathians. But it is not a mountainous region and its inclusion is disputed in some sources. Its features are included below.
The
Serbian Carpathians
Serbian Carpathians ( sr, / ) is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They ...
are sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the
Banat Mountains
The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range.
The Banat Mountains ...
), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all. They're included below.
The regions of
Outer Subcarpathia
Outer Subcarpathia ( pl, Podkarpacie Zewnętrzne; uk, Прикарпаття, ''Prykarpattia''; cs, Vněkarpatské sníženiny; german: Karpatenvorland) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carp ...
lay outside the broad arc of the entire formation and are usually listed as part of the individual divisions of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. With the difficulty of finding their exact subdivisions, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'' etc.) from the west to the east and south, in a separate listing at the end.
Western Carpathians
The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains.
The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland wi ...
(province)
Outer Western Carpathians (subprovince)
South-Moravian Carpathians
The South-Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Jihomoravské Karpaty), also called Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (german: Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten) are a mountain range of the Divisions of the Carpathians, Outer Western Carpathians alo ...
(CZ) /
Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (AT) (area)
(CZ: ''Jihomoravské Karpaty'', AT: ''Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten'')
*
Lower Austrian Inselberg Swell (AT: ''Leiser Berge'', ''Niederösterreichische Inselbergschwelle'') +
Mikulov Highlands
The Mikulov Highlands ( cs, Mikulovská vrchovina) is a mountain range in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Waschberg Zone and Lower Austria Inselberg threshold, form the South-Moravian Carpathians ...
(CZ: ''Mikulovská vrchovina'')
*
Dyje-Svratka Vale (AT: ''Thaya-Schwarza Thalsenke'', CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'')
Central Moravian Carpathians
The Central Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Středomoravské Karpaty) are a mountain range within the Czech Republic belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians.
Despite the name, they stand in southern Moravia, east of Brno. In the east, they border ...
(CZ) (area)
(CZ: ''Středomoravské Karpaty'')
*
Ždánice Forest
The Ždánice Forest (in Czech, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the Czech Republic, geologically part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The ar ...
(''Ždánický les'')
*
Litenčice Hills
Litenčice (german: Litentschitz) is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Strabenice is an administrative part of Litenčice.
Geography ...
(''Litenčická pahorkatina'')
*
Chřiby
Chřiby (german: Marsgebirge, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natur ...
*
Kyjov Hills
The Kyjov Hills ( cs, Kyjovská pahorkatina) is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpathi ...
(''Kyjovská pahorkatina'')
Slovak-Moravian Carpathians
The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it was known in Hungarian as ''Magyar-morva határhegység ...
(CZ/SK) (area)
(CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'')
*
White Carpathians
The White Carpathians ( cs, Bílé Karpaty; sk, Biele Karpaty; german: Weiße Karpaten; hu, Fehér-Kárpátok) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians.
They are part of the Slovak-Moravian ...
(CZ: ''Bílé Karpaty'', SK: ''Biele Karpaty'')
*
Maple Mountains
The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Its highest point is Veľký ...
(''Javorníky'') (CZ+SK)
*
Myjava Hills
The Myjava Hills () is an area of hills in western Slovakia, rugged highlands along the Myjava River composed of Carpathian flysch. Geologically it is one range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The highest pea ...
(SK: ''Myjavská pahorkatina'')
*
Váh Valley Land
The Váh (; german: Waag, ; hu, Vág; pl, WagWag
w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...
(SK: ''Považské podolie'')
*
Vizovice Highlands
The Vizovice Highlands ( cs, Vizovická vrchovina) is an area of relatively modest but rugged highlands within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic, named after the town of Vizovice.
Geologically, the highlands are part of the Slovak-Moravian C ...
(CZ: ''Vizovická vrchovina'')
West Beskidian Foothills
The Western Beskidian Foothills ( cs, Západobeskydské podhůří, pl, Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie) is a geological region in the northeastern corner of the Czech Republic and extending into southern Poland. The relatively modest foothills are ...
(CZ / PL) (area)
(CZ: ''Západobeskydské podhůří'', PL: ''Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie'')
*
Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Śląsko-Morawskie'', CZ: ''Podbeskydská pahorkatina'')
*
Silesian Foothills
Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogórze Śląskie, cs, Slezské podhůří, szl, Pogōrze Ślōnske) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main ri ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Śląskie'')
*
Wieliczka Foothills
Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wielickie'')
*
Wiśnicz Foothills
Wiśnicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małogoszcz, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów Cou ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wiśnickie'')
Western Beskids
The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Out ...
(CZ / SK / PL) (area)
(CZ: ''Západní Beskydy'', SK: ''Západné Beskydy'', PL: ''Beskidy Zachodnie'')
Western section of the
Western Beskids
The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Out ...
*
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains ( cs, Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.
The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce plantations. Most visited are the bordering Rožnovská ...
(CZ: ''Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina'')
*
Moravian-Silesian Beskids
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , sk, Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part o ...
(CZ: ''Moravskoslezské Beskydy'', SK: ''Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy'')
*
Turzovka Highlands
Turzovka ( hu, Turzófalva) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.
History
The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968.
This town became w ...
(SK: ''Turzovská vrchovina'')
*
Jablunkov Furrow
Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants.
Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amou ...
(CZ: ''Jablunkovská brázda'')
*
Rožnov Furrow Rožnov is name of several places in the Czech Republic:
*Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabit ...
(CZ: ''Rožnovská brázda'')
*
Jablunkov Intermontane
Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants.
Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amou ...
(SK: ''Jablunkovské medzihorie'', CZ: ''Jablunkovské mezihoří'')
*
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the ...
(PL: ''Beskid Śląski'', CZ: ''Slezské Beskydy'')
*
Żywiec Basin
Żywiec Basin ( pl, Kotlina ŻywieckaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the we ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Żywiecka'')
Northern section of the
Western Beskids
The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Out ...
*
Little Beskids
The Little Beskids () is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Western Beskids ranges of the Outer Western Carpathians in southeastern Poland. Within the range is the protected area known as Little Beskids Landscape Park.
Its highest mount ...
(''Beskid Mały'')
*
Maków Beskids
The Maków Beskids ( pl, Beskid Makowski) is a mountain range in south-central Poland, part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians.
Its highest peak is Mędralowa (1169 meters), within a total area of 900 square kilometers, a ...
or Middle Beskids (''Beskid Makowski'' or "Beskid Średni")
*
Island Beskids
The Island Beskids (in Polish, ''Beskid Wyspowy'') is a mountain range in southern Poland, part of the Western Beskids of the Outer Western Carpathians, with significant natural resources, folk culture, medieval history, and developing resources ...
(''Beskid Wyspowy'')
*
Gorce
* (?)
Rabka Basin Rabka may refer to the following places:
* Rabka, Tibet, a village in China
* Rabka-Zdrój
Rabka-Zdrój (, in Goral dialects: ''Robka'', colloquially: ''Rabka'') is a spa town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is located between Kraków a ...
(''Kotlina Rabczańska'')
*
Sącz Basin (''Kotlina Sądecka'')
Eastern section of the Western Beskids
Eastern section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Východní část Západních Beskyd) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer ...
(in Slovak terminology: ''
Eastern Beskids
The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
'', SK: ''Východné Beskydy'')
*
Beskid Sądecki
Beskid Sądecki is a mountain range in the eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. It is located in the border region between Poland and Slovakia. On the Polish side, it stretches along an area of 670& ...
(PL: ''Beskid Sądecki'') +
Ľubovňa Highlands (SK: ''Ľubovnianska vrchovina'')
*
Čergov
Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The Polish name for the range is ''Góry Czerchowskie'', the Czerchów Mountains. In Polish te ...
(SK) +
Czerchów Mountains (PL: ''Góry Czerchowskie'')
*
Pieniny
The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...
(often considered part of the Podhôľno-magurská oblasť in non-geomorphological systems)
Central section of the Western Beskids
Central section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Střední část Západních Beskyd; pl, Środkowa część Beskidów Zachodnich) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of th ...
(in Slovak terminology: ''
Central Beskids
The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle ...
'', SK: ''Stredné Beskydy'')
*
Orava Beskids
Orava or Orawa may refer to:
*Orava (region), a region in Slovakia and Poland
*Orava (river) in Slovakia
*Orava Castle, a castle in Slovakia
* Orava (reservoir), a reservoir in Slovakia
* Orava County, a historic administrative county of the Kingdo ...
(SK: ''Oravské Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids
The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko
Pi ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy"- Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"- Kysuce-Orava Beskids; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids)
*
Kysuce Beskids
Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts: Čadca ...
(SK: ''Kysucké Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids
The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko
Pi ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids)
*
Kysuce Highlands
Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts: Čadca ...
(SK: ''Kysucká vrchovina'')
*
Orava Magura
The Orava Magura ( sk, Oravská Magura, hu, Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia. The range is part of the Central Beskids, which are themselves part of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The Orava ...
(SK: ''Oravská Magura'')
*
Orava Highlands
The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, ''Oravská vrchovina'') is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians. In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; in ...
(SK: ''Oravská vrchovina'')
*
Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: ''Podbeskydská brázda'')
*
Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: ''Podbeskydská vrchovina'')
Podhale-Magura Area
The Podhale-Magura Area ( sk, Podhôľno-magurská oblasť; known in Polish language, Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'') — is a Geomorphology, geomorfologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovaki ...
(SK)/
Orava-Podhale Depression (PL) (area)
(SK: ''Podhôľno-magurská oblasť'', PL: ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'')
*
Skorušina Mountains (SK: ''Skorušinské vrchy'') +
Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'')
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Sub-Tatra Furrow (SK: ''Podtatranská brázda'', PL: ''Rów Podtatrzański'')
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Spiš Magura
The Spiš Magura ( sk, Spišská Magura, hu, Szepesi-Magura) is a set of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia, part of the Podhale-Magura Area region of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The western and northern boundaries of the Spiš Magura are t ...
(SK: ''Spišská Magura'') +
Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'')
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(SK: ''Levočské vrchy'')
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Bachureň (SK)
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Spiš-Šariš Intermontane (SK: ''Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie'')
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Šariš Highlands
Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former (comitatus) Sáros county.
History
Sáros county was created in the 13th century from the ''comitatus Novi Castri'' (name ...
(SK: ''Šarišská vrchovina'')
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Orava Basin
Orava or Orawa may refer to:
*Orava (region), a region in Slovakia and Poland
*Orava (river) in Slovakia
*Orava Castle, a castle in Slovakia
* Orava (reservoir), a reservoir in Slovakia
* Orava County, a historic administrative county of the Kingdo ...
(SK: ''Oravská kotlina'') +
Orava-Nowy Targ Basin
The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin ( pl, Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska) is the northern, lowest part of the Podhale-Magura Area, between the Western Beskids in the north and the Spisko-Gubałowski Highlands in the south.
Boundaries
The boundaries are a ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska'')
Inner Western Carpathians (subprovince)
Slovak Ore Mountains
The Slovak Ore Mountains ( sk, Slovenské rudohorie , hu, Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység, german: Slowakisches Erzgebirge or Zips-Gemer-Erzgebirge) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's S ...
(SK) (area)
sk, Slovenské rudohorie
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Vepor Mountains
Vepor Mountains ( sk, Veporské vrchy) are a mountain range in Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland ...
(''Veporské vrchy'')
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Spiš-Gemer Karst
The Spiš-Gemer Karst (Slovak: ''Spišsko-gemerský kras'', Hungarian: ''Szepes-gömöri karszt'') is a part (a geomorphological area) in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains.
It consists of these two entities, both of which have been declared na ...
(''Spišsko-gemerský kras'')
*
(''Stolické vrchy'')
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Revúca Highlands (''Revúcka vrchovina'')
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Volovec Mountains
The Volovec Mountains ( sk, Volovské vrchy, ) is a mountain range in eastern Slovakia, the largest range within the group of Slovak Ore Mountains, which is part of the Inner Western Carpathians.
The range is about 70 kilometers by 30 kilomet ...
(''Volovské vrchy'')
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Black Mountain (''Čierna hora'')
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Rožňava Basin
Rožňava ( hu, Rozsnyó, german: Rosenau, Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182.
The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava ...
(''Rožňavská kotlina'')
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Slovak Karst
The Slovak Karst ( sk, Slovenský kras) is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains in the Carpathians in southern Slovakia. It consists of a complex of huge karst plains and plateaus. Since 1973 it has been a protected ...
(''Slovenský kras'') and
Aggtelek Karst
Aggtelek Karst is a karst area in northern Hungary.
The area is especially well known for its abundance of caves, which were recorded together with those in neighboring Slovakia in 1995 to the list of World Heritage Site under the name of the ...
(Hungarian: ''Aggteleki-karszt''; lies 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 ...
)
Fatra-Tatra Area
The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into A ...
(SK/PL/AT) * (area)
:
Slovak:''Fatransko-tatranská oblasť''
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Little Carpathians
The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', sk, Malé Karpaty; german: Kleine Karpaten; hu, Kis-Kárpátok) are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slov ...
(SK: ''Malé Karpaty'') +
Hainburg Mountains (AT: ''Hainburger Berge'')
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Považský Inovec
Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. It is 48 km (30 mi) long and 15–25 km (9-16 mi) wide mountain range. It is situated from the city of Hlohovec, raising from the Danubia ...
*
Tribeč
Tribeč ( hu, Tribecs-hegység) is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians within the Fatra-Tatra Area, roughly between the towns of Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in ...
*
Strážov Mountains (''Strážovské vrchy'')
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Súľov Mountains (''Súľovské vrchy'')
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Žiar
*
Lesser Fatra Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my Elohim, God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician
* Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic
* Anton Lesser (born 1952 ...
(''Malá Fatra'')
*
Greater Fatra
Greater may refer to:
*Greatness, the state of being great
*Greater than, in inequality
* ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film
*Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record
* "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014
*Greater Bank, an Australian ...
(''Veľká Fatra'')
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Staré Hory Mountains
The Staré Hory Mountains ( sk, Starohorské vrchy) is a small mountain range in Central Slovakia, near the town of Banská Bystrica. It is a part of the Low Tatra, which is part of the Fatra-Tatra Area and the Inner Western Carpathians. The mount ...
(''Starohorské vrchy'')
*
Choč Mountains
The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, ''Chočské vrchy'') are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Hi ...
(''Chočské vrchy'')
*
Western Tatras
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
*
Eastern Tatras The Eastern Tatras form part of the European Tatra Mountains range in Poland and Slovakia.
The term is rarely used, with the area more commonly referred to as the High Tatras and the Belianske Tatras () ranges.
See also
*Western Tatras
*Tatra Nati ...
*
Low Tatras
The Low Tatras or Low Tatra ( sk, Nízke Tatry; hu, Alacsony-Tátra) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia.
It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the Váh ...
(''Nízke Tatry'')
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Kozie chrbty
The Kozie chrbty or Kecske-hát (In Slovak, literally "goat ridges") are a mountainous area in Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians, where uranium ore may be found.
The place was previously known as Vikartovsk ...
(literally: Goat Ridges)
*
Branisko
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Žilina Basin (''Žilinská kotlina'')
*
Upper Nitra Basin
Upper may refer to:
* Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot
* Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both
* ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...
(''Hornonitrianska kotlina'')
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Turiec Basin
The Turiec Basin ( sk, Turčianska kotlina; hu, Túróci-medence; german: Turzbecken; la, Pelvis Thuroczae) is located in the northern part of central Slovakia, within the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians.
The basin is delimit ...
(''Turčianska kotlina'')
*
Podtatranská kotlina
The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians.
Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikulá ...
(Sub-Tatra Basin)
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Hornád Basin (''Hornádska kotlina'')
*
Horehronské podolie
(''Slovenské stredohorie'') (SK) (area)
: SK: ''Slovenské stredohorie'', EN: ''Slovakian mid-mountainous region''
*
Vtacnik Mountains (''Vtáčnik'')
*
Pohronský Inovec
Pohronský Inovec is a mountain range in Slovakia, part of the Slovenské stredohorie ranges of the Inner Western Carpathians.
The range is volcanic in origin, and composed of andesite and rhyolites. The highest peak is ''Veľký Inovec'' (B ...
*
Štiavnica Mountains
The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; sk, Štiavnické vrchy, ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected ...
(''Štiavnické vrchy'')
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Kremnica Mountains
The Kremnica Mountains ( sk, Kremnické vrchy, hu, Körmöci-hegység, german: Kremnitzer Berge) are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts.
The mountain range ...
(''Kremnické vrchy'')
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Poľana
Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano - at 1,458 m (4,873 ft) ASL.
The mountain range is bordered by Slov ...
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Ostrôžky
*
Javorie
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Krupina Plain
Krupina (german: Karpfen, hu, Korpona) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is probably derived from Slavic root ''krup''. Proto-Slavic: '' ...
(''Krupinská planina'')
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Zvolen Basin
Zvolen (; hu, Zólyom; german: Altsohl) is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers, close to Banská Bystrica. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the West a ...
(''Zvolenská kotlina'')
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Pliešovce Basin
Pliešovce (; ) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in ...
(''Pliešovská kotlina'')
*
Žiar Basin Žiar may refer to:
* Žiar, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a municipality in Slovakia
* Žiar, Revúca District, a municipality in Slovakia
* Žiar (mountain range), Slovakia
*Short name of Žiar nad Hronom
Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, germa ...
(''Žiarska kotlina'')
Lučenec-Košice Depression
The Lučenec-Košice Depression (in Slovak, ''Lučensko-košická zníženina'') is a geological feature on the border of Slovakia and northeastern Hungary.
The basin is considered part of the Inner Western Carpathians. Broadly it separates the ...
(SK/HU) (area)
: SK: ''Lučensko-košická zníženina''
*
Southern Slovak Basin
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Express, M ...
(SK: ''Juhoslovenská kotlina'') +
Central Ipoly Basin
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
(HU: ''Középső-Ipoly-völgy'') +
Borsod Hills
Borsod was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The capital of the county was Miskolc. After World War II, the county was merged with the Hungarian parts of Abaúj-Torna County and Zemplén counties to form Borsod-Aba ...
(HU: ''Borsodi-dombság'')
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Bodva Hills
The Bodva (, , german: Bodwa) is a 110-km long river in Slovakia and Hungary. Its source is in the Slovak Ore Mountains. The river crosses the border with Hungary near Turňa nad Bodvou, and it flows into the river Sajó in Boldva, north of Miskol ...
(SK: ''Bodvianska pahorkatina'')
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Košice Basin
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
(SK: ''Košická kotlina'') +
Hernád-Valley Basin (HU: ''Hernád-völgy'')
Mátra-Slanec Area
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 ...
(SK) /
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 ...
(HU) (area)
: SK: ''Matransko-slanská oblasť'', HU: ''Északi-középhegység''
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Börzsöny
Börzsöny (; sk, Novohradské hory, New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with .
It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the Inner Western Car ...
Mountains (HU: ''Börzsöny-hegység'', literally: ''Logwood Mountains'') +
Burda (SK)
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Gödöllő Hills (HU: ''Gödöllői-dombság'')
*
Cerová vrchovina (SK; Cerová Highlands) +
Cserhát
Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level.
Cserhát stretches from Cserhá ...
(HU: ''Cserhát'')
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Mátra
The Mátra ( sk, Matra) is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range.
The Mátra is part of the North Hungarian Mountains an ...
(HU: ''Mátra'')
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Bükk
The Bükk Mountains () are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the Bükk National Park.
Geography
Although Kékes, the highest point in Hungary, is not here but in the n ...
(HU: ''Bükk'' – literally ''Beech Mountains'')
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Cserehát Hills (HU: ''Cserehát'')
*
Slanec Mountains
Slanec (german: Salzburg; hu, Nagyszalánc; la, Castrum Salis) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1230 (''Cast ...
(SK: ''Slanské vrchy'') +
Zemplén Mountains
Zemplén Mountains () or Tokaj Mountains (; hu, Zempléni-hegység or ''Tokaji-hegység'') is a mountain range in Hungary.
Its highest peak is the Nagy-Milic at 894 metres above sea level. The range is part of the North Hungarian Mountains wit ...
(HU: ''Zempléni-hegység'', also ''Tokaji-hegység''/Tokaj Mountains)
*
Zemplín Mountains
:''not to be confused with the nearby Zemplén Mountains''
The Zemplín Mountains is a small mountain range in southeastern Slovakia, geologically part of the Mátra-Slanec Area of the Inner Western Carpathians.
The range of about 101 square ...
(SK, ''Zemplínske vrchy'')
Eastern 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 Sy ...
(province)
Clarification: In Ukraine sometimes is denoted as "Eastern Carpathians" only the part basically on their territory (i.e.to the north of the
Prislop Pass
Prislop Pass ( ro, Pasul Prislop), is a mountain pass in northern Romania, connecting the historical regions of Maramureş (historical region), Maramureş and Bukovina over the Rodna Mountains, in the Eastern Carpathians.
The Prislop Pass is situ ...
), while in Romania sometimes use to call "Eastern Carpathians" (''Carpații Orientali'') only the other part, which lies on their territory (i.e. from the Ukrainian border or from the Prislop Pass to the south). In some Polish classifications, Central Beskids and Central Beskidian Piedmont belongs to Western Carpathians province and Outer Western Carpathians subprovince.
Outer Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)
Central Beskidian Piedmont
The Central Beskidian Piedmont ( pl, Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie) is a geographical region in southeastern Poland. It lies north of the Central Beskids, and belongs to the Outer Eastern Carpathians, representing the northernmost region of the Car ...
(PL)***
:PL: ''Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie''
*
Rożnów Piedmont Rożnów may refer to the following places in Poland:
*Rożnów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
*Rożnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
*Rożnów, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
*Lake Rożnów
Lake Rożnow ( pl, J ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Rożnowskie'')
*
Ciężkowice Piedmont
Ciężkowice is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,444 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies in the ''Ciężkowice Foothills'', on the Biała river. The town is located on regional road nr. 977, it also has a ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Ciężkowickie'')
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Strzyżów Piedmont
Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rzesz ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Strzyżowskie'')
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Dynów Piedmont
Dynów () ( uk, Динів, lat, Dinoum, yi, דינאוו) is a small town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,058 (02.06.2009).
History
Dynów was first mentioned in written sources in 1423. At that ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Dynowskie'')
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Przemyśl Piedmont
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Przemyskie'')
*
Gorlice Depression
Gorlice ( uk, Горлиці, translit=''Horlytsi'') is a city and an urban municipality (" gmina") in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy ...
(PL: ''Obniżenie Gorlickie'')
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Jasło-Krosno Basin (PL: ''Kotlina Jasielsko-Krośnieńska'')
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Jasło Piedmont
Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesser ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Jasielskie'')
*
Bukowsko Piedmont
Bukowsko (; yi, בוקאווסק, Bikofsk; uk, Буківсько, Bukivsʹko) is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish ''in loco'', located near the towns of Medzilaborce ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Bukowskie'')
Central Beskids
The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle ...
(area)
:PL: ''Beskidy Środkowe'' (in Slovak terminology:
Lower Beskids
The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle ...
, SK: ''Nízke Beskydy'')
[Often considered part of Outer Western Carpathians in non-geomorphological systems.]
*
Busov (SK)
*
Ondava Highlands
The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south throu ...
(SK: ''Ondavská vrchovina'')
*
Low Beskid (PL: ''Beskid Niski'') +
Laborec Highlands
The Laborec Highlands (in Slovak, ''Laborecká vrchovina'') is a mountain range in northeastern Slovakia, part of the Lower Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
The range is composed of Carpathian flysch. Bordered in the north by the Polis ...
(SK: ''Laborecká vrchovina'')
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Central Beskidian Piedmont
The Central Beskidian Piedmont ( pl, Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie) is a geographical region in southeastern Poland. It lies north of the Central Beskids, and belongs to the Outer Eastern Carpathians, representing the northernmost region of the Car ...
(SK: ''Beskydské predhorie'')
Eastern Beskids
The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
(area)
:PL: ''Beskidy Wschodnie''; UA: ''Східні Бескиди''. There are several variants of names and divisions of these ranges, that include the southeastern corner of Poland, far northeastern corner of Slovakia, and all of the
Ukrainian Carpathians
The Ukrainian Carpathians ( uk, Українські Карпати) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territori ...
. They are commonly divided into two parallel ridges:
Wooded Beskids
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see ...
and
Polonynian Beskids
Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...
.
Wooded Beskids
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see ...
(PL: Beskidy Lesiste; UA: Лісисті Бескиди):
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Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...
(PL: Bieszczady; UK: Бещади) → c1
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Western Bieszczady
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
( pl, Bieszczady Zachodnie; uk, Західні Бещади) mainly in Poland and Slovakia, including the
Bukovec Mountains
The Bukovec Mountains ( sk, Bukovské vrchy; hu, Ungi-határhegység) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with P ...
( sk, Bukovské vrchy)
**
Eastern Bieszczady
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
* Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air ...
( pl, Bieszczady Wschodnie; uk, Східні Бещади), mainly in Ukraine
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Sanok-Turka Mountains
The Sanok-Turka Mountains ( pl, Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; uk, Сяноцько-Турчанські гори) are a mountain range in the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. They are located in southern border section betwee ...
(PL: Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди / ''Verkhnodnistrovski Beskydy'') → c3
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Skole Beskids
The Skole Beskids ( uk, Сколівські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Skolskie) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, belonging to the set of ranges called the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
The mountains are compos ...
(PL: Beskidy Skolskie; UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2
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Gorgany
Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1, ...
(PL: Gorgany; UA: Ґорґани) → c4
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Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (PL: Beskidy Pokucko-Bukowińskie; UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати / ''Pokutsko-Bukovinski Karpaty'') → c5
Polonynian Beskids
Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...
(PL: Beskidy Połonińskie; UA: Полонинські Бескиди; SK: Poloniny):
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Smooth Polonyna
Smooth may refer to:
Mathematics
* Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology
* Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transition maps are smooth functions
* Smooth algebrai ...
(PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6
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Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7
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Polonyna Kuk Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8
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Red Polonyna
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...
(PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9
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Svydovets
The Svydovets (Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpathia ...
(PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10
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Chornohora
Chornohora (literally: "Black Mountain"; uk, Чорногора, romanized: ''Chornohora'') is the highest mountain range in Western Ukraine. It is within the Polonynian Beskids, a subgroup of the mountain group of Eastern Beskids, which in turn ...
(PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11
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Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12
Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
The Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians are a group of mountain ranges in Romania. These ranges are considered part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Romanian Carpathians (in Romanian, ...
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Suhard Mountains (RO: ''Munții Suhard'') MMB
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Ridges of Bukovina
Bukovinian Subcarpathians ( ro, Subcarpații Bucovinei, ''Obcinele Bucovinei'') is a geographic area in the NNE of Romania (Suceava County) and SWW of Ukraine (Chernivtsi Oblast), situated to the east and north-east of the Eastern Carpathian Mount ...
(RO: ''Obcinele Bucovinei''), i.e. Obcina Feredeului (''Feredeu Ridge''),
Obcina Mestecăniș (''Mestecăniș Ridge'') and Obcina Mare (''Great Ridge'') MMB
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Stânișoara Mountains (RO: ''Munții Stânișoarei'', ''
Masivul Ceahlău'') MMT
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Trotuș Mountains (RO: ''Munții Trotușului'', i.e. ''
Munții Tarcăului'', ''Munții Goșmanului'', ''Munții Berzunț'', ''Munții Nemira'') MMT
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Vrancea Mountains
The Vrancea Mountains ( ro, Munții Vrancei) are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County, they also cover parts of Bacău, Buzău, and Covasna counties.
The highest peak is , at .
To t ...
(RO: ''Munții Vrancei'') MC
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Buzău Mountains
The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Sub Carpathians, Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
These six mountain ranges are as follows:
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The Penteleu and Ivă ...
(RO: ''Munții Buzăului'') MC
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Teleajen-Doftana Mountains (RO: ''Munții Teleajenului și Doftanei'', i.e. ''
Masivul Ciucaș-Muntele Roșu'', ''Munții Grohotiș'', ''
Munții Baiului'', ''Munții Gârbovei'') MC
Inner Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)
Vihorlat-Gutin Area
The Vihorlat-Gutin Area ( sk, Vihorlatsko-gutinská oblasť; uk, Вигорлат-Гутинський хребет; hu, Vihorlát–Gutin-hegyvidék) is a region of mountain ranges ranging from eastern Slovakia, through western Ukraine, into ...
:SK: ''Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť'', UA: ''Вигорлат-Гутинський хребет''
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Vihorlat Mountains
Vihorlat Mountains ( sk, Vihorlatské vrchy; ua, Вигорлат, ''Vyhorliat'') or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site.
Etymolog ...
(SK: ''Vihorlatské vrchy'') +
Vyhorliat (UA: Вигорлат) → (B3a1)
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Makovytsia (UA: Маковиця) → (B3a2)
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Velikyi Dil Veliky, or similar, may refer to:
*Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia
*Veliky (surname)
*Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia
*Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia
See ...
(UA: Великий Діл) → (B3a3)
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Tupyi (UA: Тупий) → (B3a4)
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Oaș Mountains
The Oaș Mountains ( ro, Munţii Oașului, hu, Avas-hegység, uk, Гори Оаш) are a small volcanic mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are centered in northern section of the Oaș Cou ...
(RO: ''Munții Oașului'', UA: ''Оаш гори'') and
Oaș Lowland (RO: ''Depresiunea Oașului'') MMB → (B3a5)
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Gutin Mountains
The Gutin Mountains (; hu, Gutin-hegység; uk, Гутинський масив) are a mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. They are centered in Maramureș County in Romania, bordering Satu Mare County, a ...
(RO: ''Munții Gutâiului'', UA: ''Гутинський масив'') MMB → (B3a6)
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Țibleș Mountains
The Țibleș Mountains (, hu, Cibles or ''Széples'') are a volcanic mountain range located in Maramureș County, in northern Romania. They belong to the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians.
They are located at the southern bo ...
(RO: ''Munții Țibleșului'') MMB → (B3a7)
Maramureș-Rodna Area
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Maramureș Lowland
or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...
(RO: ''Depresiunea Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароська улоговина'') MMB → (B3e1)
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Maramureș Mountains
or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...
(RO: ''Munții Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароський масив'') MMB → (B3e2)
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Rodna Mountains
Rodna Mountains ( ro, Munții Rodnei, hu, Radnai-havasok) are a subdivision of the Inner Eastern Carpathians in northern Romania. The name comes from the nearby Rodna Veche village. At , is the highest peak in all of the Eastern Carpathians.
T ...
(RO: ''Munții Rodnei'', UA: ''Родна гори'') MMB → (B3e3)
Bistrița Mountains
The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania.
Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within ...
(RO)
:RO: ''Munții Bistriței''
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Bistrița Mountains
The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania.
Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within ...
(''Munții Bistriței'') sensu stricto, i.e.
Pietrosul Massif (''Masivul Pietrosul''; literally: ''Rocky Massif'') +
Budacul Massif (''Masivul Budacul'') +
Ceahlău Massif
The Ceahlău Massif () is one of the most famous mountains of Romania. It is part of the Bistrița Mountains range of the Eastern Carpathians division, in Neamț County, in the Moldavia region. The two most important peaks are Toaca (1904 m ele ...
(''Masivul Ceahlău''), the latter being considered a separate range sometimes, MMT
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Mestecăniș Ridge (''Obcina Mestecăniș'') MMB
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Dorna Depression
Dorna may refer to:
Places Austria
* Dorna, Austria, a village in the town of Irnfritz-Messern, Horn District in Lower Austria
Germany
* Dorna (Kemberg), a village, part of the town Kemberg in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt
Romania
* Do ...
(''Depresiunea Dornei'') MMB
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Giumalău-Rarău Mountains (''Munții Giumalău-Rarău'') MMB
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Giurgeu Mountains (''Munții Giurgeului'') MMT
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Hășmaș Mountains
The Hășmaș Mountains ( Romanian: ''Munții Hășmaș''; Hungarian: ''Hagymás-hegység'') are limestone and sandstone massifs located in Romania, in the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. They belong to th ...
(''Munții Hășmașu Mare'') MMT
Căliman-Harghita Mountains
The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mountain ranges in Romania.
These ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the ...
(RO)
:RO: ''Munții Căliman-Harghita''
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Bârgău Mountains The Bârgău Mountains ( hu, Borgói-hegység) are a mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains, part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains in the Bistrița-Năsăud County, in the north of Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country loca ...
(''Munții Bârgăului'') MMT
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Călimani Mountains
The Călimani Mountains ( ro, Munții Călimani, hu, Kelemen-havasok) are the largest volcanic complex of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern Car ...
(''Munții Călimani'') MMT
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Ciuc Mountains
Ciuc Mountains (Romanian ''Munții Ciucului'', Hungarian ''Csíki-havasok'') are a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern C ...
(''Munții Ciucului'') MMT
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Gurghiu Mountains
300px, Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Gurghiu Mountains are to the north of the center of this image.
The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu, Hungarian: Görgény) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Car ...
(''Munții Gurghiului'') MMT
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Harghita Mountains
The Harghita Mountains (in Hungarian Hargita, in Romanian ''Munții Harghita'') is a volcanic mountain range of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains in Harghita County of Romania, part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians.
The range is about long and ...
(''Munții Harghita'') MMT
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Baraolt Mountains
The Baraolt Mountains () is a mountain range, entirely in Covasna County of Romania.
Geologically the Baraolts are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains, of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. By traditional Romanian categorization it's include ...
(''Munții Baraolt'') MMT
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Perșani Mountains
The Perșani Mountains ( ro, Munții Perșani; hu, Persányi-hegység) is a mountain range in central Romania. The highest peak is , with an elevation of .
Geologically, the Perșani Mountains are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of th ...
(''Munții Perșani'') MMT
Giurgeu-Brașov Depression
The Giurgeu-Brașov Depression (in Romanian, ''Depresiunea Giurgeu-Brașovului'') is a series of intermontane basins in Romania.
The basin is considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide ...
(RO)
:RO: ''Depresiunea Giurgeu-Brașovului''
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Giurgeu Depression (''Depresiunea Giurgeului'') MMT
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Ciuc Depression Ciuc may refer to:
* Ciuc Mountains, a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania
* Ciuc County, a former county in the Kingdom of Romania
* Miercurea Ciuc
Miercurea Ciuc (; hu, Csíkszereda, ; german: Szeklerburg) is the ...
(''Depresiunea Ciucului'') MMT
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Brașov Depression
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...
(''Depresiunea Brașovului'') MC
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Piatra Mare Mountains {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
The Piatra Mare Mountains (Hungarian: ''Nagykőhavas'', German: ''Hohensteingebirge'') is a small mountain range in Brașov County, southeast of Brașov, Romania, and also close to the resort ...
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Postăvarul Massif
The Postăvarul massif ( Transylvanian German ''Schuler'' and ''Schulerberg'') is a massif in Romania; it is part of the Romanian Carpathians, which in turn are part of the Carpathian Mountains range. The altitude of the highest peak, also named ...
MC
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 ...
(RO) (province)
Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point.
To the east, the ...
Group
:RO: ''Grupa Munții Bucegi''
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Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point.
To the east, the ...
(''Munții Bucegi'')
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Leaotă Mountains
The Leaota Mountains are located in central Romania, north of the city Târgovişte. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains, and have as neighbours the Bucegi Mountains to the east and Piatra Craiului
T ...
(''Munții Leaotă'')
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Rucăr-Bran Pass
The Rucăr-Bran Pass, also called in English the Bran Pass (german: Törzburger Pass, hu, Törcsvári-szoros), is a mountain pass in Romania, linking the counties of Brașov and Argeș. It has some of the most spectacular natural views in Roman ...
(''Culoarul Rucăr-Bran'')
Făgăraș Mountains group
The Făgăraș mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Făgăraș Mountains.
Boundaries
The Făgăraș group is bounded:
*in the west, by the Olt Rive ...
:RO: ''Grupa Munții Făgărașului''
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Făgăraș Mountains
The Făgăraș Mountains ( ro, Munții Făgărașului ; hu, Fogarasi-havasok) are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania.
Geography
The mountain range is situated in the heart of Romania, at .
The range is bordered in the ...
(''Munții Făgărașului'')
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Iezer Mountains
The Iezer Mountains ( ro, Munții Iezer / Munții Iezer-Păpușa) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. It is part of the Făgăraș Mountains group. Its total area is . Its highest elevation is , at Roșu Peak.
Location ...
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Munții Iezer''; literally:''Mountains of the Deep Lake'')
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Piatra Craiului
The Piatra Craiului Mountains (german: Königstein, hu, Királykő-hegység) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as ''Kings' Rock'' or ''The Rock of the Prince''. The mountain range is located ...
(literally: ''Rock of the King'')
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Cozia Mountains Cozia may refer to several places in Romania:
* Cozia Monastery, Vâlcea County
* Cozia Mountains, Vâlcea County
* Cozia National Park, Vâlcea County
* Cozia, a village in Cornereva Commune, Caraș-Severin County
* Cozia, a village in Cârjiți ...
(''Munții Cozia'')
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Loviște Depression (''Depresiunea Loviștei'')
Parâng Mountains group The Parâng ( hu, Páring-hegység) mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.
Boundaries
The Parâng group is bounded:
*in the east, ...
:RO: ''Grupa Munții Parângului''
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Parâng Mountains
The Parâng Mountains (; hu, Páring-hegység) are one of the highest mountain ridges in Romania and Southern Carpathians, with the highest peak, Parângu Mare, reaching 2,519 m.
Description
The Parâng Mountains are located in the south-western ...
(''Munții Parângului'')
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Șureanu Mountains
The Șureanu Mountains, (German: ''Mühlbacher Gebirge'', Hungarian: ''Kudzsiri-havasok''), belong to Romania's Parâng range in the Southern Carpathians, with peaks frequently exceeding .
The mountains are located north of Romania's Jiu Valle ...
(''Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului'')
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Cindrel Mountains
Cindrel Mountains (also known as Cândrel Mountains, Cibin Mountains, or the Szeben Alps) are a group of mountains in central Romania in the centre of the Southern Carpathians, in the North-East of the Parâng Mountains group.
From the Transylva ...
(''Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului'')
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Lotru Mountains
Lotru Mountains ( ro, Munții Lotrului) are a group of mountains that are part of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, ...
(''Munții Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'')
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Căpățână Mountains Căpățână or Căpățînă is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Chesarie Căpățână (1784–1846), Wallachian bishop
* Eugen Căpățână (born 1986), Romanian rugby union footballer
* Mihai Căpățînă (born ...
(''Munții Căpățânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Skull'')
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Petroșani Depression (''Depresiunea Petroșani'')
Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains.
Boundaries
The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded:
*i ...
:RO: ''Grupa Munții Retezat-Godeanu''
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Retezat Mountains
The Retezat Mountains ( ro, Munții Retezat, hu, Retyezát-hegység) are one of the highest massifs in Romania, being part of the Southern Carpathians. The highest peak is Peleaga (Vârful Peleaga), at an altitude of . Other important peaks are ...
(''Munții Retezat''; literally: ''Hewed Mountains'')
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Godeanu Mountains
The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains.
Boundaries
The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded:
*i ...
(''Munții Godeanu'')
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Vâlcan Mountains
The Vâlcan Mountains are a chain of mountains in the Southern Carpathians in Gorj County, Romania. They are part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group. They run for approximately and the highest peak is the Vâlcan Peak at . The mountains run th ...
(''Munții Vâlcanului'')
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Mehedinți Mountains
The Mehedinți Mountains ( ro, Munții Mehedinți) are a mountain range in southwestern Romania, part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group.
The range represents the highest relief form in Mehedinți County
Mehedinți County () is a county ( r ...
(''Munții Mehendinți'')
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Cerna Mountains
Cerna may refer to:
Populated places
* Cerna, Croatia, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia
* Černá (Žďár nad Sázavou District), Czech Republic
* Černá, Semily District, Czech Republic
* Cerna, Tulcea, Romania
* A village in Vaideeni Commune, V ...
(''Munții Cernei'')
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Țarcu Mountains The Țarcu Mountains are a mountain range in the southwestern Romania, at the western edge of the Southern Carpathians. They are located between the Bistra Valley (to the south), Timiș River (to the east), Godeanu Mountains (to the northwest) and ...
(''Munții Țarcu''; literally: ''Pen Mountains'')
Western Romanian Carpathians
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:RO: ''Carpații Occidentali'' or ''Carpații Apuseni'' or ''Carpații de Apus''. The term ''Bihor Massif'' is sometimes used for the Apuseni Mountains and Poiana Ruscă.
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 ...
(''Munții Apuseni'')
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Criș Mountains Criș may refer to several places:
* Körös, a river called the ''Criș'' in Romanian
* Criș, a village in Blăjeni Commune, Hunedoara County
* Criș, a village in Daneș Commune, Mureș County
* Criș (Târnava Mare), a river in Mureș County
* ...
'' (''Munții Criș'') :
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Criș Hills Criș may refer to several places:
* Körös, a river called the ''Criș'' in Romanian
* Criș, a village in Blăjeni Commune, Hunedoara County
* Criș, a village in Daneș Commune, Mureș County
* Criș (Târnava Mare), a river in Mureș County
* ...
(''Dealurile Crișene''), incl.
Beiuș Depression
Beiuș (; hu, Belényes) is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (''Gyalány'').
Between the late 18th and very early 20th c ...
(''Depresiunea Beiuș''),
Vad Depression Vad may refer to:
Geography Romania
*Vad, Cluj, a commune in Cluj County
*Vad (Hungarian: ), a village in Șercaia Commune, Brașov County
*Vad, a village in Copalnic-Mănăștur Commune, Maramureș County
*Vad, a village in Dragomirești Commune, ...
(''Depresiunea Vad'')
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Pădurea Craiului Mountains
The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these mounta ...
(literally:''Forest of the King'')
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Codru-Moma Mountains The Codru-Moma Mountains (Munții Codru-Moma) are a part of the Apuseni Mountains. They are specifically located in the Arad and Bihor counties, within the Western Romanian Carpathians of Crișana, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a ...
(''Munții Codru-Moma'')
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Seș-Meseș Mountains'' (''Munții Seș-Meseșului''):
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Meseș Mountains
The Meseș Mountains ( ro, Munții Meseșului, hu, Meszes-hegység) are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Apuseni Mountains. The highest peak is , at .
The mountains are located in Sălaj and Cluj counties, south ...
(''Munții Meseșului'')
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Seș Mountain (''Muntele Seș'')
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Șimleu Depression (''Depresiunea Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan
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Șimleu Mountains (''Munții Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan
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Bihor Massif
Bihor Mountains ( ro, Munții Bihorului, hu, Bihar-hegység) is a mountain range in western Romania. It is part of the Apuseni Mountains, which are part of the Carpathian Mountains.
The massif has a length of from the northwest to the southe ...
'' (''Masivul Bihor''):
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Bihor Mountains
Bihor Mountains ( ro, Munții Bihorului, hu, Bihar-hegység) is a mountain range in western Romania. It is part of the Apuseni Mountains, which are part of the Carpathian Mountains.
The massif has a length of from the northwest to the southea ...
(''Munții Bihorului'')
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Great Mountain
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements
* Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size
* Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent
People
* List of people known as "the Great"
*Artel Great (born ...
(''Muntele Mare'')
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Gilău 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 Ro ...
(''Munții Gilăului'')
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Mureș Mountains'' (''Munții Mureșului''):
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Zarand Mountains Zarand may refer to:
* Zarand, Iran, a city in Kerman Province, Iran
* Zarand, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
* Zarand, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
* Zarand County
Zarand County ( fa, شهرستان زرند) is i ...
(''Munții Zarandului'')
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Metalliferous Mountains (''Munții Metaliferi''), incl.
Trascău Mountains
The Trascău Mountains ( ro, Munții Trascăului) are located in the Apuseni mountain range of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania.
The Trascău Mountains are crossed by the picturesque Arieș River valley. The highest elevation in the ...
(''Munții Trascăului'')
Poiana Ruscă Mountains
The Poiana Ruscă Mountains (part of the Western Carpathians) are a Carpathian mountain range in western Romania. The mountains are situated roughly south of the Mureș River, northeast of the Timiș River, and west of the Strei River. The Bega Ri ...
:RO: ''Munții Poiana Ruscă''
(Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
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Poiana Ruscă (literally: ''Ruscă Meadows'')
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Lipova Plateau (''Podișul Lipovei'')
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Bega-Timiș Groove (''Culoarul Bega-Timiș'')
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Orăștie Groove (''Culoarul Orăștiei''), incl.
Hațeg Depression (''Depresiunea Hațegului'')
Banat Mountains
The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range.
The Banat Mountains ...
:RO: ''Munții Banatului''
(Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
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Banat Mountains
The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range.
The Banat Mountains ...
(''Munții Banatului'') sensu stricto, i.e.
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''),
Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei''),
Anina Mountains
Anina (; German: ''Steierdorf''; Hungarian: ''Stájerlakanina'') is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 10,886 in 2000. The town administers one village, Steierdorf (German: ''Steierdorf'', Hung ...
(''Munții Aninei'') and
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'')
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Almăj Mountains
Almăj is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 2,211 people. It is composed of four villages: Almăj, Bogea, Moșneni, and Șitoaia. It also included Beharca and Coțofenii din Față villages until 2004, when they were ...
(''Munții Almăjului'')
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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''), incl.
Almăj Depression
Almăj is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 2,211 people. It is composed of four villages: Almăj, Bogea, Moșneni, and Șitoaia. It also included Beharca and Coțofenii din Față villages until 2004, when they were ...
(''Depresiunea Almăj'')
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Caraș Hills (''Dealurile Carașului'')
Transylvanian Plateau
The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania.
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...
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:RO: ''Depresiunea Transilvaniei'', i.e. Transylvanian Depression. Some authors do not consider it to be part of the Carpathians.
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Mureș-Turda Depression (''Depresiunea Mureș-Turda'')
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Sibiu Depression
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cib ...
(''Depresiunea Sibiului'')
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Făgăraș Depression (''Depresiunea Făgărașului'')
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Transylvanian Plateau
The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania.
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...
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Târnava Plateau
The Târnava (full name in ro, Râul Târnava; hu, Küküllő; german: Kokel; tr, Kokul or Kokulu) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the ...
(''Podișul Târnavelor''), incl.
Hârtibaci Plateau (''Podișul Hârtibaciului'') and
Secașe Plateau (''Podișul Secașelor'')
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Transylvanian Plain
The Transylvanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Transilvaniei; hu, Mezőség, ) is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someșul Mare and the Someșul Mic rivers to the north and west and the Mureș River to the south and ...
(''Câmpia Transilvaniei''), or
Transylvanian Plateau
The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania.
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...
(''Podișul Transivan(iei)'') sensu stricto
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Someș Plateau
The Someș (; hu, Szamos; german: Somesch or ''Samosch'') is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary.[Serbian Carpathians
Serbian Carpathians ( sr, / ) is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They ...]
(RS)
:Serbian: ''Karpatske planine'', i.e. "Carpathian Mountains". Sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the Banat Mountains), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all.
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Miroč
Miroč (Serbian Cyrillic: Мироч) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, between the towns of Donji Milanovac and Tekija. Its highest peak ''Štrbac'' has an elevation of above sea level. Along with Liškovac, it is part of the Iron Gate gorge ...
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Homolje mountains (''Homoljske planine'')
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Veliki Krš
Veliki Krš (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the ...
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Mali Krš
Mali Krš (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, Garvan, has an elevation of 929 metres above sea level. While not particularly rugged, Mali Krš is remote, hidden between nearby mountains of Liškov ...
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Deli Jovan
Deli Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дели Јован, ) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Negotin
Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is ...
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Beljanica
Beljanica () is a mountain in the Homolje region in eastern Serbia, near the town of Žagubica
Žagubica ( sr-cyr, Жагубица, ; ro, Jagubița or ) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia. ...
(''Beljanica planina'')
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Kučaj
Kučaj ( sr, Кучај, ) is a mountain range in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, ''Velika Tresta'' has an elevation of 1,284 meters above sea level. They belong to the Serbian extension of Carpathians, which separate the valleys of Great Morav ...
(''Kučajske planine'')
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Rtanj
Rtanj ( sr, Ртањ, Romanian: Artan, ) is a mountain situated in eastern Serbia, approximately 200 km southeast of Belgrade, between the towns of Boljevac on north and Sokobanja on the south. It belongs to the Serbian Carpathians. Its hi ...
(''Rtanj planina'')
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Ozren
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Devica
Devica (Serbian Cyrillic: Девица) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Sokobanja
Sokobanja ( sr-cyr, Сокобања, ) is a spa town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of the eastern Serbia. As of 2011, the pop ...
Outer Subcarpathian regions
Outer Subcarpathia ( pl, Podkarpacie Zewnętrzne; uk, Прикарпаття, ''Prykarpattia''; cs, Vněkarpatské sníženiny; german: Karpatenvorland) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carp ...
(subprovince)
The Outer Subcarpathian regions are divided into Western, Northern, etc. and are usually treated as part of the individual parts of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. Since, however, it was impossible to find their exact subdivision, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'', etc.) from the west to the east and south here:
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Weinviertel Foothills
The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria.
In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western nei ...
(DE: ''Weinviertler Hügelland''; CZ: ''Weinviertelská pahorkatina''; PL: ''Pogórze Weinviertel'') +
Dyje-Svratka Valley (DE: ''Thaya-Schwarza-Talsenke''; CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'') → A1.1
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Vyškov Gate
The Vyškov Gate ( cs, Vyškovská brána, pl, Brama Wyszkówska, german: Wischau Pforte, sk, Vyškovská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Moun ...
(CZ: ''Vyškovská brána'') → A1.2
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Upper Moravian Valley (CZ: ''Hornomoravský úval'') → A1.3
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Moravian Gate
The Moravian Gate ( cs, Moravská brána, pl, Brama Morawska, german: Mährische Pforte, sk, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the ...
(CZ: ''Moravská brána'') → A1.4
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Ostrava Basin
Ostrava Basin ( cs, Ostravská pánev, german: Ostrauer Becken, pl, Kotlina OstrawskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland region, located in eastern Czech Republic and s ...
(CZ: ''Ostravská pánev'', PL: ''Kotlina Ostrawska'') → A1.5
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Oświęcim Basin
Oświęcim Basin ( pl, Kotlina OświęcimskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian F ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Oświęcimska'') → A1.6
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Kraków Gate (PL: ''Brama Krakowska'') → A1.7
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Sandomierz Basin
Sandomierz Basin ( pl, Kotlina Sandomierska) is a lowland, located in southeastern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Upland, Lublin Upland and the Western Carpathians. Its name comes from the historical city of Sandomierz, and the basin has a trian ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Sandomierska'') +
San-Dniester Plain (PL: ''Płaskowyż Sańsko-Dniestrzański''; UA: ''Сянсько-Дністровська рівнина'') → B1.1
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Upper Dniester Valley (UA: ''Верхньодністровська улоговина'') → B1.2
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Drohobych Highlands
Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hro ...
(PL: ''Wysoczyzna Drohobycka''; UA: ''Дрогобицька височина'') → B1.3
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Dniester Plain
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
(UA: ''Придністровська рівнина'') → B1.4
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Pokutian Upland (UA: ''Покутська височина'') → B1.5
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Bukovinian Highlands (UA: ''Буковинське Прикарпаття''; RO: ''Podișul Bucovinei'') +
Suceava Plateau
Suceava Plateau ( ro, Podișul Sucevei) is a geographic area in the NE Romania (parts of Suceava, Botoșani, Iași, and Neamț counties), and SW Ukraine (parts of Chernivtsi Oblast). Suceava Plateau is the NW part of the Moldavian Plateau
The M ...
(RO: ''Podișul Sucevei'') → B1.6
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Moldavia-Siret Groove (RO: ''Culoarul Moldova-Siret'') → B1.7
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Moldavian Subcarpathians
Moldavian Subcarpathians ( ro, Subcarpații Moldovei) is a geographic area located in the northeast of Romania, to the east of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. The Moldavian Subcarpathians are considered to be part of the Moldavian Plateau. They a ...
(RO: ''Subcarpații Moldovei'') → B1.8
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Muntenian Subcarpathians
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...
(RO: ''Subcarpații Munteniei'') → B1.9
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Getic Subcarpathians (RO: ''Subcarpații Getici'') +
Getic Plateau
The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ''Get'' an ...
(RO: ''Podișul Getic'') → C1.1
Footnotes
Bibliography
* Kondracki, Jerzy. ''Karpaty.'' Ed.2 (updated). "Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne". Warsaw, 1989. ()
* Vladár,J. (editor). ''Encyklopédia Slovenska.'' Vol.4, letters T-Ž. "Veda". Bratislava, 1982. p. 497
* Plašienka,D
''Origin and growth of the Western Carpathian orogenetic wedge during the mesozoic.''Geologica Carpathica Special Issues, 53, Proceedings of XVII. Congress of Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association Bratislava, September 1–4, 2002
* Mazúr, E., Lukniš M., ''Geomorphological division of SSR and ČSSR. Slovakian part.'' "Slovenská kartografia." Bratislava, 1986
* Rohlík, Jiří. ''Moravo-Silesian Beskids, Collection of tourist maps 1:50 000.'' "TRASA, s.r.o.". Prague, 2001. ().
* Ludvík, Marcel. ''Beskids, Travel guide of ČSSR.'' "Olympia". Prague, 1987. (27-031-87).
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