Western Romanian Carpathians

Western Carpathians
Romanian: Carpații Occidentali
Vulcan Mountain in Apuseni Mountains
Highest point
Elevation	1,849 m (6,066 ft)
Geography
The map shows the three groups in western Romania: the northern group of the Apuseni Mountains, the central group - Poiana Ruscă Mountains and the southern group - Banat Mountains
Country	Romania
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Western Romanian Carpathians (Romanian:Carpații Occidentali Românești), along with the Eastern Romanian Carpathians and the Southern Carpathians is one of the three main mountain ranges of Romania. Their name is given based on their geographical position, west, to the Transylvanian Plateau, which is simultaneously their eastern limits, respectively to the Timiș-Cerna Gap of the Banat Mountains, the southern group of the Western Carpathians.

The Western Carpathians is positioned between the rivers Danube, Barcău and Someș. They have a maximum altitude of 1849 m in the Bihor Mountains, Cucurbăta Mare Peak (Hungarian: Nagy-Bihar) - 1849 metres, also called Bihor Peak. Discontinuity is one of their basic characteristics. Geographical composition is varied, with a real "petrographic mosaic". (flysch, crystalline schists, limestones, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks)

Mountain ranges

From north to south, three major mountain groups can be identified, separated by different river valleys.

• Apuseni Mountains, north of Mureș
• Poiana Ruscă Mountains, south of Mureș
• Banat Mountains, the southwest corner of Romania, south of Timiș

There are 18 subgroups in total.

References

External links

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Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
Western Carpathians	Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area
Eastern Carpathians	Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Southern Carpathians	Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
Western Romanian Carpathians	Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains
Serbian Carpathians	Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršac Mountains
Transylvanian Plateau (disputed)	Outer Carpathian depressions