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The Făgăraș
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
group is a subgroup of mountains in the
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 ...
. 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 River The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average disch ...
*in the east, by the Rucăr-Bran Passage and the river Dâmbovița


Mountains

* Făgăraș Mountains (''Munții Făgărașului'') * Iezer Mountains (''Munții Iezer''; literally:''Mountains of the Deep Lake'') * Cozia Mountains (''Munții Cozia'')


See also

* Carpathian Mountains * Parâng Mountains group * Bucegi Mountains


External links


Pictures and images from the Fagaras Mountains group
*http://www.carpati.org/ *http://www.alpinet.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Fagaras Mountain ranges of Romania Mountain ranges of the Southern Carpathians