Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have ari ...
in
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austr ...
in
Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to
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 tu ...
range. The highest peak of Gorgany is
Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including
Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1,772 m) and
Grofa. The mountains are made of
flysch
Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rapidly on the continental side of a mountain building epi ...
rock, mostly
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicat ...
, which create typical for Gorgany
debris
Debris (, ) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, ''debris'' can refer to ...
fields (local names: ''gorgan'', ''grekhot''). They are bordered by the
Mizunka River and
Vyshkiv Pass in the west and the
Prut
The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; , uk, Прут) is a long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.
Characteristics
The Prut originates ...
River and
Yablunytsia Pass in the east.
Gorgany are the least populated part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The western parts of Gorgany are inhabited by
Boyko
The Boykos ( uk, Бойки, Boiky; pl, Bojkowie; sk, Pujďáci), or simply Highlanders (верховинці, ''verkhovyntsi''), are an ethnolinguistic sub-group of Ukrainians located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, ...
s, whose primary occupation is
herding and
timber
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exploitation. The major towns in the area include
Vorokhta
Vorokhta (, ) is an urban-type settlement located in the Carpathian Mountains on Prut River[Vorokhta]
in Yaremche
Yaremche ( uk, Яре́мче, translit=Jaremče, pl, Jaremcze or Jaremcza) is a city in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of west Ukraine. The city is located at the altitude of around above mean sea level. Yaremche hosts th ...
.
Sources
Gorgany Race— 30-hour Adventure Race happening every year in Gorgany
Gorgany
Maps
Image:Sywula 01.jpg, Syvulia
Image:Gorgan 01.jpg, Debris field (''gorgan'')
Image:Рожевий ранок в Ґорґанах.jpg, Pink morning in the Gorgany mountains, Ukraine.
Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Mountain ranges of Ukraine
Primeval Beech Forests in Europe
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