The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mountain ranges in

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. These ranges are considered part of the

Inner 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 S ...

. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Orientali'') into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian categorization includes all of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains within the central Eastern Carpathians of

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and

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(''Munţii Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''). The Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians include: *

Bârgău Mountains The Bârgău Mountains () 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 is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe ...

(''Munții Bârgăului'') *

Călimani Mountains The Călimani Mountains (, ) 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 Carpathians. Maximum height is reached in ...

(''Munții Călimani''), also known as the Kelemen Alps *

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 ...

(''Munții Ciucului'') *

Gurghiu Mountains The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu , Hungarian: Görgény ) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, in the Transylvania region. They cover an area of . The mountains are relatively low ...

(''Munții Gurghiului''), also known as the Görgeny Alps *

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''), the "largest volcanic body in the whole of Europe" Geology of the Carpathian Region, G.Z. Földvary, 1988, page 223 *

Baraolt Mountains The Baraolt Mountains () is a mountain range, entirely in Covasna County of Romania. Geologically the Baraolts are part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system ...

(''Munții Baraolt'') *

Perșani Mountains ZeidenHolbav

The Perșani Mountains (; ) is a mountain range in central ...

(''Munții Perșani'')

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caliman-Harghita Mountain ranges of Romania Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians

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