Börzsöny (; or ''Novohradské hory'', New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern
Hungary
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. Its tallest peak is the
Csóványos with .
It is the westernmost member of the
North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the
Inner Western Carpathians
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. The varied landscape offers good hiking opportunities. A large part of the Börzsöny is national park. From the top of Csóványos we can see one of the country's most beautiful panorama on the
Danube Bend (''Dunakanyar'').
Geography
The mountain is structurally divided into four parts: High Börzsöny, Northern Börzsöny, Western Börzsöny and Southern Börzsöny.
High Börzsöny
Here are the highest peaks of Börzsöny: the Csóványos (938 m),
Magos-fa (916 m),
Nagy-hideg Hill (864 m) and
Nagy-Inóc (826 m).
Northern Börzsöny
Western Börzsöny
Southern Börzsöny
Hydrography
There are about 470 creeks in Börzsöny.
The major parts of the creeks are clean water.
The mountain's longest and largest river is the
Kemence Stream.
Wildlife
A large part of the Börzsöny is covered with oak and beech.
The mountains are still registered 16 species of mammals.
The 117 species of birds occur each year in the mountains, of whom 90 are regularly spend.
Best-known songbirds are the nightingale, the thrush and the skylark.
Among the amphibians the most spectacular is the spotted salamander; among the reptiles is the angry snake.
Gallery
Börzsöny - panoramio - Verőczi Zoltán (1).jpg
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Perőcsény, Hungary - panoramio (17).jpg
Vámosladány Siklósról.jpg
See also
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Geography of Hungary
Hungary (Hungarian language, Hungarian: Magyarország) is a landlocked country in southeastern Central Europe, on the Eurasian Steppe. Situated in the Carpathian Basin, it has a land area of 93,030 square km, measuring about 250 km from n ...
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North Hungarian Mountains
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Countrywide Blue Tour in Hungary
References
Extinct volcanoes of Europe
Mountain ranges of Hungary
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
Volcanoes of Hungary
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