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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 Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretche ...
. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger
Alps-Himalaya System The Alpide belt or Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt,K.M. Storetvedt, K. M., ''The Tethys Sea and the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt; mega-elements in a new global tectonic system,'' Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 62, Issues 1 ...
that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "
provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right. To generalize, there are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and the Southern Carpathians.


Naming conventions

The division is largely (with many exceptions) undisputed at the lowest level (except for the
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part), but various divisions are given for the higher levels, especially for the penultimate level. A
geomorphological Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or ...
division has been used as much as the data was available; other new physiogeographic divisions were used in other cases. Where the classification of a higher level "title" is known/sure, it is added at the end of the name in brackets, e.g. "(subprovince)". ;Taxonomy The names are also given in the language of the corresponding country and marked by the
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: *AT=
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
*CZ=
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
*HU=
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
*PL=
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
*RO=
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
* RS=
Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
*SK=
Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
*UA=
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
The most confusing and diverse is the classification of the
Beskids The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west ...
, including the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...
, the Central Beskids and the
Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
. Their geologic features are fairly distinct, but multiple traditions, languages, and nationalities have developed overlapping variants for the divisions and names of these ranges. In
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, it is usual to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three formal groups (northern, central, southern), instead in ''Outer'' and ''Inner'' sections of Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian approach is shown by adding the following abbreviations to the names of units within Romania: *MMB = Maramureș-Bukovinian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei'') *MMT = Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani'') *MC =
Curvature Carpathians The Sub Carpathians of Curvature, ''Ciucaș'', or Curvature Carpathians ( ro, Carpații de Curbură, hu, Kárpátkanyar), are located between the Trotuș and Slănic (Buzău), Slănic rivers in Romania. They are a range of high hills (800–90 ...
(''Munții Carpați de Curbură'') A similar standard (grouping of ''outer'' and ''inner'' sections) is traditionally applied within broader use of the term "
Wooded Carpathians The term Wooded Carpathians ( uk, Лісисті Карпати; pl, Karpaty Lesiste; hu, Erdős-Kárpátok; german: Waldkarpaten) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both ' ...
", that encompasses all mountain ranges within the central section of ''Outer Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Eastern Beskids'' with ''
Polonynian Mountains Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel moun ...
'', and also all mountains within the northern section of ''Inner Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Vihorlat-Gutin Area'' and ''Maramureș-Rodna Area''. The
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the East ...
is encircled by, and geologically a part of, the Carpathians. But it is not a mountainous region and its inclusion is disputed in some sources. Its features are included below. The
Serbian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians ( sr, / ) is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They st ...
are sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the
Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range. The Banat Mountains ...
), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all. They're included below. The regions of
Outer Subcarpathia Outer Subcarpathia ( pl, Podkarpacie Zewnętrzne; uk, Прикарпаття, ''Prykarpattia''; cs, Vněkarpatské sníženiny; german: Karpatenvorland) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carp ...
lay outside the broad arc of the entire formation and are usually listed as part of the individual divisions of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. With the difficulty of finding their exact subdivisions, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'' etc.) from the west to the east and south, in a separate listing at the end.


Western Carpathians The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland wit ...
(province)


Outer Western Carpathians (subprovince)


South-Moravian Carpathians (CZ) / Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (AT) (area)

(CZ: ''Jihomoravské Karpaty'', AT: ''Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten'') *
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(AT: ''Leiser Berge'', ''Niederösterreichische Inselbergschwelle'') +
Mikulov Highlands The Mikulov Highlands ( cs, Mikulovská vrchovina) is a mountain range in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Waschberg Zone and Lower Austria Inselberg threshold, form the South-Moravian Carpathians ...
(CZ: ''Mikulovská vrchovina'') * Dyje-Svratka Vale (AT: ''Thaya-Schwarza Thalsenke'', CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'')


Central Moravian Carpathians The Central Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Středomoravské Karpaty) are a mountain range within the Czech Republic belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians. Despite the name, they stand in southern Moravia, east of Brno. In the east, they borde ...
(CZ) (area)

(CZ: ''Středomoravské Karpaty'') * Ždánice Forest (''Ždánický les'') *
Litenčice Hills Litenčice (german: Litentschitz) is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Strabenice is an administrative part of Litenčice. Geograph ...
(''Litenčická pahorkatina'') *
Chřiby Chřiby (german: Marsgebirge, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian ...
*
Kyjov Hills The Kyjov Hills ( cs, Kyjovská pahorkatina) is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpath ...
(''Kyjovská pahorkatina'')


Slovak-Moravian Carpathians The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it was known in Hungarian as ''Magyar-morva határhegys ...
(CZ/SK) (area)

(CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') *
White Carpathians The White Carpathians ( cs, Bílé Karpaty; sk, Biele Karpaty; german: Weiße Karpaten; hu, Fehér-Kárpátok) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the Slovak-Moravian ...
(CZ: ''Bílé Karpaty'', SK: ''Biele Karpaty'') *
Maple Mountains The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...
(''Javorníky'') (CZ+SK) *
Myjava Hills The Myjava Hills () is an area of hills in western Slovakia, rugged highlands along the Myjava River composed of Carpathian flysch. Geologically it is one range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The highest p ...
(SK: ''Myjavská pahorkatina'') * Váh Valley Land (SK: ''Považské podolie'') *
Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands ( cs, Vizovická vrchovina) is an area of relatively modest but rugged highlands within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic, named after the town of Vizovice. Geologically, the highlands are part of the Slovak-Moravian C ...
(CZ: ''Vizovická vrchovina'')


West Beskidian Foothills The Western Beskidian Foothills ( cs, Západobeskydské podhůří, pl, Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie) is a geological region in the northeastern corner of the Czech Republic and extending into southern Poland. The relatively modest foothills a ...
(CZ / PL) (area)

(CZ: ''Západobeskydské podhůří'', PL: ''Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie'') *
Moravian-Silesian Foothills Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. Geomorphology The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Śląsko-Morawskie'', CZ: ''Podbeskydská pahorkatina'') * Silesian Foothills (PL: ''Pogórze Śląskie'') *
Wieliczka Foothills Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wielickie'') *
Wiśnicz Foothills Wiśnicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małogoszcz, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Małogoszcz, north-west of Jędrzejów, and west of ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wiśnickie'')


Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...
(CZ / SK / PL) (area)

(CZ: ''Západní Beskydy'', SK: ''Západné Beskydy'', PL: ''Beskidy Zachodnie'') Western section of the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...
* Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (CZ: ''Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina'') * Moravian-Silesian Beskids (CZ: ''Moravskoslezské Beskydy'', SK: ''Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy'') *
Turzovka Highlands Turzovka ( hu, Turzófalva) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. History The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968. This town became ...
(SK: ''Turzovská vrchovina'') *
Jablunkov Furrow Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the popul ...
(CZ: ''Jablunkovská brázda'') *
Rožnov Furrow Rožnov is name of several places in the Czech Republic: *Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabit ...
(CZ: ''Rožnovská brázda'') *
Jablunkov Intermontane Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large am ...
(SK: ''Jablunkovské medzihorie'', CZ: ''Jablunkovské mezihoří'') *
Silesian Beskids Silesian Beskids ( Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Most of ...
(PL: ''Beskid Śląski'', CZ: ''Slezské Beskydy'') *
Żywiec Basin Żywiec Basin ( pl, Kotlina ŻywieckaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the w ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Żywiecka'') Northern section of the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...
*
Little Beskids The Little Beskids () is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Western Beskids ranges of the Outer Western Carpathians in southeastern Poland. Within the range is the protected area known as Little Beskids Landscape Park. Its highest moun ...
(''Beskid Mały'') *
Maków Beskids The Maków Beskids ( pl, Beskid Makowski) is a mountain range in south-central Poland, part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians. Its highest peak is Mędralowa (1169 meters), within a total area of 900 square kilometers, a ...
or Middle Beskids (''Beskid Makowski'' or "Beskid Średni") *
Island Beskids The Island Beskids (in Polish, ''Beskid Wyspowy'') is a mountain range in southern Poland, part of the Western Beskids of the Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. B ...
(''Beskid Wyspowy'') * Gorce * (?) Rabka Basin (''Kotlina Rabczańska'') * Sącz Basin (''Kotlina Sądecka'')
Eastern section of the Western Beskids Eastern section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Východní část Západních Beskyd) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Out ...
(in Slovak terminology: ''
Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
'', SK: ''Východné Beskydy'') *
Beskid Sądecki Beskid Sądecki is a mountain range in the eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. It is located in the border region between Poland and Slovakia. On the Polish side, it stretches along an area of 670 ...
(PL: ''Beskid Sądecki'') + Ľubovňa Highlands (SK: ''Ľubovnianska vrchovina'') * Čergov (SK) +
Czerchów Mountains Czerchów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ozorków, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ozorków, north of Zgierz Zgierz is a city in central Poland, lo ...
(PL: ''Góry Czerchowskie'') *
Pieniny The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...
(often considered part of the Podhôľno-magurská oblasť in non-geomorphological systems)
Central section of the Western Beskids Central section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Střední část Západních Beskyd; pl, Środkowa część Beskidów Zachodnich) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of t ...
(in Slovak terminology: '' Central Beskids'', SK: ''Stredné Beskydy'') *
Orava Beskids Orava or Orawa may refer to: *Orava (region), a region in Slovakia and Poland *Orava (river) in Slovakia *Orava Castle, a castle in Slovakia *Orava (reservoir), a reservoir in Slovakia * Orava County, a historic administrative county of the Kingdom ...
(SK: ''Oravské Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy"- Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"- Kysuce-Orava Beskids; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids) *
Kysuce Beskids Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts: Čadc ...
(SK: ''Kysucké Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids) *
Kysuce Highlands Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts: Čadc ...
(SK: ''Kysucká vrchovina'') *
Orava Magura The Orava Magura ( sk, Oravská Magura, hu, Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia. The range is part of the Central Beskids, which are themselves part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Orava ...
(SK: ''Oravská Magura'') *
Orava Highlands The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, ''Oravská vrchovina'') is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians. In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; in ...
(SK: ''Oravská vrchovina'') * Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: ''Podbeskydská brázda'') * Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: ''Podbeskydská vrchovina'')


Podhale-Magura Area The Podhale-Magura Area ( sk, Podhôľno-magurská oblasť; known in Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'') — is a geomorfologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, belon ...
(SK)/ Orava-Podhale Depression (PL) (area)

(SK: ''Podhôľno-magurská oblasť'', PL: ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'') * Skorušina Mountains (SK: ''Skorušinské vrchy'') + Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'') * Sub-Tatra Furrow (SK: ''Podtatranská brázda'', PL: ''Rów Podtatrzański'') * Spiš Magura (SK: ''Spišská Magura'') + Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'') *
Levoča Mountains The Levoča Mountains ( sk, Levočské vrchy, hu, Lőcsei-hegység, german: Leutschauer Gebirge) is a mountain range in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Geologically the range stands within the Podhale-Magura Area of the Outer Wester ...
(SK: ''Levočské vrchy'') * Bachureň (SK) * Spiš-Šariš Intermontane (SK: ''Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie'') *
Šariš Highlands Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former (comitatus) Sáros county. History Sáros county was created in the 13th century from the ''comitatus Novi Castri'' (name ...
(SK: ''Šarišská vrchovina'') *
Orava Basin Orava or Orawa may refer to: *Orava (region), a region in Slovakia and Poland *Orava (river) in Slovakia *Orava Castle, a castle in Slovakia *Orava (reservoir), a reservoir in Slovakia * Orava County, a historic administrative county of the Kingdom ...
(SK: ''Oravská kotlina'') +
Orava-Nowy Targ Basin The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin ( pl, Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska) is the northern, lowest part of the Podhale-Magura Area, between the Western Beskids in the north and the Spisko-Gubałowski Highlands in the south. Boundaries The boundaries are a ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska'')


Inner Western Carpathians (subprovince)


Slovak Ore Mountains (SK) (area)

sk, Slovenské rudohorie *
Vepor Mountains Vepor Mountains ( sk, Veporské vrchy) are a mountain range in Slovakia, a subdivision of Erzgebirge in Spiš region. Notable features * Fabova hola * Sihlianska plateau * Balocké vrchy See also * Muránska planina National Park Muráns ...
(''Veporské vrchy'') * Spiš-Gemer Karst (''Spišsko-gemerský kras'') * Stolica Mountains (''Stolické vrchy'') * Revúca Highlands (''Revúcka vrchovina'') * Volovec Mountains (''Volovské vrchy'') * Black Mountain (''Čierna hora'') * Rožňava Basin (''Rožňavská kotlina'') *
Slovak Karst The Slovak Karst ( sk, Slovenský kras) is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains in the Carpathians in southern Slovakia. It consists of a complex of huge karst plains and plateaus. Since 1973 it has been a protected ...
(''Slovenský kras'') and
Aggtelek Karst Aggtelek Karst is a karst area in northern Hungary. The area is especially well known for its abundance of caves, which were recorded together with those in neighboring Slovakia in 1995 to the list of World Heritage Site under the name of the ...
(Hungarian: ''Aggteleki-karszt''; lies in northern
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
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Fatra-Tatra Area The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into ...
(SK/PL/AT) * (area)

: Slovak:''Fatransko-tatranská oblasť'' * Little Carpathians (SK: ''Malé Karpaty'') + Hainburg Mountains (AT: ''Hainburger Berge'') *
Považský Inovec Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. It is 48 km (30 mi) long and 15–25 km (9-16 mi) wide mountain range. It is situated from the city of Hlohovec, raising from the Danubian ...
*
Tribeč Tribeč ( hu, Tribecs-hegység) is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians within the Fatra-Tatra Area, roughly between the towns of Nitra, Partizánske and Zlaté Moravce. It is surrounded by the Danub ...
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Strážov Mountains The Strážov Mountains ( sk, Strážovské vrchy, ) are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area. They are situated between the towns of Trenčín, Považská Bystrica, Rajec ...
(''Strážovské vrchy'') *
Súľov Mountains The Súľov Mountains (in Slovak, ''Súľovské vrchy'') is a rugged mountain range in Slovakia, the northwestern part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpat ...
(''Súľovské vrchy'') * Žiar * Lesser Fatra (''Malá Fatra'') *
Greater Fatra Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality * ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record * "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014 *Greater Bank, an Australian ...
(''Veľká Fatra'') * Staré Hory Mountains (''Starohorské vrchy'') *
Choč Mountains The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, ''Chočské vrchy'') are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Hi ...
(''Chočské vrchy'') *
Western Tatras Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US * Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that i ...
* Eastern Tatras *
Low Tatras The Low Tatras or Low Tatra ( sk, Nízke Tatry; hu, Alacsony-Tátra) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia. It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the Vá ...
(''Nízke Tatry'') *
Kozie chrbty The Kozie chrbty or Kecske-hát (In Slovak language, Slovak, literally "goat ridges") are a mountainous area in Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians, where uranium ore may be found. The place was previously kno ...
(literally: Goat Ridges) * Branisko * Žilina Basin (''Žilinská kotlina'') *
Upper Nitra Basin Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found f ...
(''Hornonitrianska kotlina'') *
Turiec Basin The Turiec Basin ( sk, Turčianska kotlina; hu, Túróci-medence; german: Turzbecken; la, Pelvis Thuroczae) is located in the northern part of central Slovakia, within the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The basin is delimit ...
(''Turčianska kotlina'') *
Podtatranská kotlina The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikulá ...
(Sub-Tatra Basin) * Hornád Basin (''Hornádska kotlina'') * Horehronské podolie


Slovak Central Mountains The Slovak Central Mountains
(''Slovenské stredohorie'') (SK) (area)

: SK: ''Slovenské stredohorie'', EN: ''Slovakian mid-mountainous region'' * Vtacnik Mountains (''Vtáčnik'') *
Pohronský Inovec Pohronský Inovec is a mountain range in Slovakia, part of the Slovenské stredohorie ranges of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is volcanic in origin, and composed of andesite and rhyolites. The highest peak is ''Veľký Inovec'' (Bi ...
*
Štiavnica Mountains The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; sk, Štiavnické vrchy, ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected ...
(''Štiavnické vrchy'') *
Kremnica Mountains The Kremnica Mountains ( sk, Kremnické vrchy, hu, Körmöci-hegység, german: Kremnitzer Berge) are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts. The mountain rang ...
(''Kremnické vrchy'') *
Poľana Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano - at 1,458 m (4,873 ft) ASL. The mountain range is bordered by Slo ...
* Ostrôžky * Javorie *
Krupina Plain Krupina (german: Karpfen, hu, Korpona) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is probably derived from Slavic root ''krup''. Proto-Slavic: ' ...
(''Krupinská planina'') *
Zvolen Basin Zvolen (; hu, Zólyom; german: Altsohl) is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers, close to Banská Bystrica. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the West an ...
(''Zvolenská kotlina'') *
Pliešovce Basin Pliešovce (; ) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region The Banská Bystrica Region ( sk, Banskobystrický kraj, ; hu, Besztercebányai kerület, ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is ...
(''Pliešovská kotlina'') *
Žiar Basin Žiar may refer to: * Žiar, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a municipality in Slovakia * Žiar, Revúca District, a municipality in Slovakia * Žiar (mountain range), Slovakia *Short name of Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, germa ...
(''Žiarska kotlina'')


Lučenec-Košice Depression (SK/HU) (area)

: SK: ''Lučensko-košická zníženina'' * Southern Slovak Basin (SK: ''Juhoslovenská kotlina'') + Central Ipoly Basin (HU: ''Középső-Ipoly-völgy'') + Borsod Hills (HU: ''Borsodi-dombság'') *
Bodva Hills The Bodva (, , german: Bodwa) is a 110-km long river in Slovakia and Hungary. Its source is in the Slovak Ore Mountains. The river crosses the border with Hungary near Turňa nad Bodvou, and it flows into the river Sajó in Boldva, north of Mi ...
(SK: ''Bodvianska pahorkatina'') * Košice Basin (SK: ''Košická kotlina'') + Hernád-Valley Basin (HU: ''Hernád-völgy'')


Mátra-Slanec Area (SK) /

North Hungarian Mountains The North Hungarian Mountains ( hu, Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the norther ...
(HU) (area)

: SK: ''Matransko-slanská oblasť'', HU: ''Északi-középhegység'' *
Börzsöny Börzsöny (; sk, Novohradské hory, New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with . It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the Inner Western Car ...
Mountains (HU: ''Börzsöny-hegység'', literally: ''Logwood Mountains'') + Burda (SK) *
Gödöllő Hills Gödöllő (; german: Getterle; sk, Jedľovo) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can b ...
(HU: ''Gödöllői-dombság'') * Cerová vrchovina (SK; Cerová Highlands) +
Cserhát Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level. Cserhát stretches from Cserhá ...
(HU: ''Cserhát'') *
Mátra The Mátra ( sk, Matra) is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range. The Mátra is part of the North Hungarian Mountains ...
(HU: ''Mátra'') *
Bükk The Bükk Mountains () are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the Bükk National Park. Geography Although Kékes, the highest point in Hungary, is not here but in the ...
(HU: ''Bükk'' – literally ''Beech Mountains'') * Cserehát Hills (HU: ''Cserehát'') *
Slanec Mountains Slanec (german: Salzburg; hu, Nagyszalánc; la, Castrum Salis) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1230 ('' ...
(SK: ''Slanské vrchy'') +
Zemplén Mountains Zemplén Mountains () or Tokaj Mountains (; hu, Zempléni-hegység or ''Tokaji-hegység'') is a mountain range in Hungary. Its highest peak is the Nagy-Milic at 894 metres above sea level. The range is part of the North Hungarian Mountains wit ...
(HU: ''Zempléni-hegység'', also ''Tokaji-hegység''/Tokaj Mountains) *
Zemplín Mountains :''not to be confused with the nearby Zemplén Mountains'' The Zemplín Mountains is a small mountain range in southeastern Slovakia, geologically part of the Mátra-Slanec Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range of about 101 square ...
(SK, ''Zemplínske vrchy'')


Eastern Carpathians (province)

Clarification: In Ukraine sometimes is denoted as "Eastern Carpathians" only the part basically on their territory (i.e.to the north of the
Prislop Pass Prislop Pass ( ro, Pasul Prislop), is a mountain pass in northern Romania, connecting the historical regions of Maramureş and Bukovina over the Rodna Mountains, in the Eastern Carpathians. The Prislop Pass is situated at an elevation of 1,416 ...
), while in Romania sometimes use to call "Eastern Carpathians" (''Carpații Orientali'') only the other part, which lies on their territory (i.e. from the Ukrainian border or from the Prislop Pass to the south). In some Polish classifications, Central Beskids and Central Beskidian Piedmont belongs to Western Carpathians province and Outer Western Carpathians subprovince.


Outer Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)


Central Beskidian Piedmont The Central Beskidian Piedmont ( pl, Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie) is a geographical region in southeastern Poland. It lies north of the Central Beskids, and belongs to the Outer Eastern Carpathians, representing the northernmost region of the Ca ...
(PL)***

:PL: ''Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie'' * Rożnów Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Rożnowskie'') *
Ciężkowice Piedmont Ciężkowice is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,444 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies in the ''Ciężkowice Foothills'', on the Biała river. The town is located on regional road nr. 977, it also has ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Ciężkowickie'') *
Strzyżów Piedmont Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rze ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Strzyżowskie'') *
Dynów Piedmont Dynów () ( uk, Динів, lat, Dinoum, yi, דינאוו) is a small town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,058 (02.06.2009). History Dynów was first mentioned in written sources in 1423. At that ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Dynowskie'') * Przemyśl Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Przemyskie'') * Gorlice Depression (PL: ''Obniżenie Gorlickie'') * Jasło-Krosno Basin (PL: ''Kotlina Jasielsko-Krośnieńska'') * Jasło Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Jasielskie'') * Bukowsko Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Bukowskie'')


Central Beskids (area)

:PL: ''Beskidy Środkowe'' (in Slovak terminology:
Lower Beskids The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle ...
, SK: ''Nízke Beskydy'')Often considered part of Outer Western Carpathians in non-geomorphological systems. * Busov (SK) *
Ondava Highlands The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south thro ...
(SK: ''Ondavská vrchovina'') *
Low Beskid The Low Beskids ( sk, Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe; cs, Centrální Beskydy; uk, Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middl ...
(PL: ''Beskid Niski'') +
Laborec Highlands The Laborec Highlands (in Slovak, ''Laborecká vrchovina'') is a mountain range in northeastern Slovakia, part of the Lower Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The range is composed of Carpathian flysch. Bordered in the north by the Poli ...
(SK: ''Laborecká vrchovina'') *
Central Beskidian Piedmont The Central Beskidian Piedmont ( pl, Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie) is a geographical region in southeastern Poland. It lies north of the Central Beskids, and belongs to the Outer Eastern Carpathians, representing the northernmost region of the Ca ...
(SK: ''Beskydské predhorie'')


Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
(area)

:PL: ''Beskidy Wschodnie''; UA: ''Східні Бескиди''. There are several variants of names and divisions of these ranges, that include the southeastern corner of Poland, far northeastern corner of Slovakia, and all of the
Ukrainian Carpathians The Ukrainian Carpathians ( uk, Українські Карпати) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territor ...
. They are commonly divided into two parallel ridges: Wooded Beskids and
Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mou ...
. Wooded Beskids (PL: Beskidy Lesiste; UA: Лісисті Бескиди): *
Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...
(PL: Bieszczady; UK: Бещади) → c1 **
Western Bieszczady Western may refer to: Places * Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia * Western world, countries that ...
( pl, Bieszczady Zachodnie; uk, Західні Бещади) mainly in Poland and Slovakia, including the
Bukovec Mountains The Bukovec Mountains ( sk, Bukovské vrchy; hu, Ungi-határhegység) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with ...
( sk, Bukovské vrchy) **
Eastern Bieszczady Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air L ...
( pl, Bieszczady Wschodnie; uk, Східні Бещади), mainly in Ukraine * Sanok-Turka Mountains (PL: Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди / ''Verkhnodnistrovski Beskydy'') → c3 * Skole Beskids (PL: Beskidy Skolskie; UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2 *
Gorgany Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1 ...
(PL: Gorgany; UA: Ґорґани) → c4 * Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (PL: Beskidy Pokucko-Bukowińskie; UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати / ''Pokutsko-Bukovinski Karpaty'') → c5
Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mou ...
(PL: Beskidy Połonińskie; UA: Полонинські Бескиди; SK: Poloniny): *
Smooth Polonyna Smooth may refer to: Mathematics * Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology * Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transition maps are smooth functions * Smooth algebr ...
(PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6 *
Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to: * Polonyna (montane meadow) Polonyna ( uk, полонина, polonyna; rue, полонина, polonyna; pl, połonina; sk, polonina) is a specific, regionally-focused geographic term, that is used as a designation fo ...
(PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7 *
Polonyna Kuk Polonyna may refer to: * Polonyna (montane meadow) Polonyna ( uk, полонина, polonyna; rue, полонина, polonyna; pl, połonina; sk, polonina) is a specific, regionally-focused geographic term, that is used as a designation fo ...
(PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8 *
Red Polonyna Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
(PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9 *
Svydovets The Svydovets (Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpath ...
(PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10 *
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 ...
(PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11 * Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12


Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians The Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians are a group of mountain ranges in Romania. These ranges are considered part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Romanian Carpathians (in Romania ...

* Suhard Mountains (RO: ''Munții Suhard'') MMB *
Ridges of Bukovina Bukovinian Subcarpathians ( ro, Subcarpații Bucovinei, ''Obcinele Bucovinei'') is a geographic area in the NNE of Romania (Suceava County) and SWW of Ukraine (Chernivtsi Oblast), situated to the east and north-east of the Eastern Carpathian Mou ...
(RO: ''Obcinele Bucovinei''), i.e. Obcina Feredeului (''Feredeu Ridge''), Obcina Mestecăniș (''Mestecăniș Ridge'') and Obcina Mare (''Great Ridge'') MMB * Stânișoara Mountains (RO: ''Munții Stânișoarei'', '' Masivul Ceahlău'') MMT * Trotuș Mountains (RO: ''Munții Trotușului'', i.e. '' Munții Tarcăului'', ''Munții Goșmanului'', ''Munții Berzunț'', ''Munții Nemira'') MMT *
Vrancea Mountains The Vrancea Mountains ( ro, Munții Vrancei) are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County, they also cover parts of Bacău, Buzău, and Covasna counties. The highest peak is , at . To ...
(RO: ''Munții Vrancei'') MC *
Buzău Mountains The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. These six mountain ranges are as follows: * * * * * *. The Penteleu and Ivănețu Massifs are ...
(RO: ''Munții Buzăului'') MC * Teleajen-Doftana Mountains (RO: ''Munții Teleajenului și Doftanei'', i.e. '' Masivul Ciucaș-Muntele Roșu'', ''Munții Grohotiș'', '' Munții Baiului'', ''Munții Gârbovei'') MC


Inner Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)


Vihorlat-Gutin Area

:SK: ''Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť'', UA: ''Вигорлат-Гутинський хребет'' * Vihorlat Mountains (SK: ''Vihorlatské vrchy'') + Vyhorliat (UA: Вигорлат) → (B3a1) * Makovytsia (UA: Маковиця) → (B3a2) * Velikyi Dil (UA: Великий Діл) → (B3a3) * Tupyi (UA: Тупий) → (B3a4) *
Oaș Mountains The Oaș Mountains ( ro, Munţii Oașului, hu, Avas-hegység, uk, Гори Оаш) are a small volcanic mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are centered in northern section of the Oaș C ...
(RO: ''Munții Oașului'', UA: ''Оаш гори'') and
Oaș Lowland Oaş may refer to: * Oaş Country, an ethnographic region in northwestern Romania ** Negreşti-Oaş, a town in Satu Mare County ** Călineşti-Oaş, a commune in Satu Mare County *Oaş, a village in Frata Frata ( hu, Magyarfráta) is a commune i ...
(RO: ''Depresiunea Oașului'') MMB → (B3a5) * Gutin Mountains (RO: ''Munții Gutâiului'', UA: ''Гутинський масив'') MMB → (B3a6) *
Țibleș Mountains The Țibleș Mountains (, hu, Cibles or ''Széples'') are a volcanic mountain range located in Maramureș County, in northern Romania. They belong to the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. They are located at the southern ...
(RO: ''Munții Țibleșului'') MMB → (B3a7)


Maramureș-Rodna Area

* Maramureș Lowland (RO: ''Depresiunea Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароська улоговина'') MMB → (B3e1) * Maramureș Mountains (RO: ''Munții Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароський масив'') MMB → (B3e2) *
Rodna Mountains Rodna Mountains ( ro, Munții Rodnei, hu, Radnai-havasok) are a subdivision of the Inner Eastern Carpathians in northern Romania. The name comes from the nearby Rodna Veche village. At , is the highest peak in all of the Eastern Carpathians. ...
(RO: ''Munții Rodnei'', UA: ''Родна гори'') MMB → (B3e3)


Bistrița Mountains The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within ...
(RO)

:RO: ''Munții Bistriței'' *
Bistrița Mountains The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within ...
(''Munții Bistriței'') sensu stricto, i.e.
Pietrosul Massif The Pietrosul ( hu, Köves-Somlyó or ''Köves-Somlyó-patak''; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a left tributary of the Mureș in Romania. It flows into the Mureș between Joseni Joseni ( hu, Gyergyóalfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning ...
(''Masivul Pietrosul''; literally: ''Rocky Massif'') + Budacul Massif (''Masivul Budacul'') +
Ceahlău Massif The Ceahlău Massif () is one of the most famous mountains of Romania. It is part of the Bistrița Mountains range of the Eastern Carpathians division, in Neamț County, in the Moldavia region. The two most important peaks are Toaca (1904 m ele ...
(''Masivul Ceahlău''), the latter being considered a separate range sometimes, MMT * Mestecăniș Ridge (''Obcina Mestecăniș'') MMB * Dorna Depression (''Depresiunea Dornei'') MMB * Giumalău-Rarău Mountains (''Munții Giumalău-Rarău'') MMB * Giurgeu Mountains (''Munții Giurgeului'') MMT *
Hășmaș Mountains The Hășmaș Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Hășmaș''; Hungarian: ''Hagymás-hegység'') are limestone and sandstone massifs located in Romania, in the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. They belong to the ...
(''Munții Hășmașu Mare'') MMT


Căliman-Harghita Mountains The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mountain ranges in Romania. These ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the ...
(RO)

:RO: ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'' *
Bârgău Mountains The Bârgău Mountains ( hu, Borgói-hegység) 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 ( ; ro, România ) is a country loc ...
(''Munții Bârgăului'') MMT *
Călimani Mountains The Călimani Mountains ( ro, Munții Călimani, hu, Kelemen-havasok) 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 Car ...
(''Munții Călimani'') MMT *
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'') MMT *
Gurghiu Mountains 300px, Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Gurghiu Mountains are to the north of the center of this image. The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu, Hungarian: Görgény) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Ca ...
(''Munții Gurghiului'') MMT *
Harghita Mountains The Harghita Mountains (in Hungarian Hargita, in Romanian ''Munții Harghita'') is a volcanic mountain range of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mounta ...
(''Munții Harghita'') MMT *
Baraolt Mountains The Baraolt Mountains () is a mountain range, entirely in Covasna County of Romania. Geologically the Baraolts are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains, of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. By traditional Romanian categorization it's includ ...
(''Munții Baraolt'') MMT * Perșani Mountains (''Munții Perșani'') MMT


Giurgeu-Brașov Depression (RO)

:RO: ''Depresiunea Giurgeu-Brașovului'' * Giurgeu Depression (''Depresiunea Giurgeului'') MMT *
Ciuc Depression Ciuc may refer to: * Ciuc Mountains, a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania * Ciuc County, a former county in the Kingdom of Romania * Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; hu, Csíkszereda, ; german: Szeklerburg) is the ...
(''Depresiunea Ciucului'') MMT *
Brașov Depression Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...
(''Depresiunea Brașovului'') MC * Piatra Mare Mountains MC *
Postăvarul Massif The Postăvarul massif ( Transylvanian German ''Schuler'' and ''Schulerberg'') is a massif in Romania; it is part of the Romanian Carpathians, which in turn are part of the Carpathian Mountains range. The altitude of the highest peak, also name ...
MC


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 Pr ...
(RO) (province)


Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the ...
Group

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Bucegi'' *
Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the ...
(''Munții Bucegi'') *
Leaotă Mountains The Leaota Mountains are located in central Romania, north of the city Târgovişte. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains, and have as neighbours the Bucegi Mountains to the east and Piatra Craiului T ...
(''Munții Leaotă'') *
Rucăr-Bran Pass The Rucăr-Bran Pass, also called in English the Bran Pass (german: Törzburger Pass, hu, Törcsvári-szoros), is a mountain pass in Romania, linking the counties of Brașov and Argeș. It has some of the most spectacular natural views in Roma ...
(''Culoarul Rucăr-Bran'')


Făgăraș Mountains group

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Făgărașului'' *
Făgăraș Mountains The Făgăraș Mountains ( ro, Munții Făgărașului ; hu, Fogarasi-havasok) are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania. Geography The mountain range is situated in the heart of Romania, at . The range is bordered in th ...
(''Munții Făgărașului'') *
Iezer Mountains The Iezer Mountains ( ro, Munții Iezer / Munții Iezer-Păpușa) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. It is part of the Făgăraș Mountains group. Its total area is . Its highest elevation is , at Roșu Peak. Location ...
('' Munții Iezer''; literally:''Mountains of the Deep Lake'') *
Piatra Craiului The Piatra Craiului Mountains (german: Königstein, hu, Királykő-hegység) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as ''Kings' Rock'' or ''The Rock of the Prince''. The mountain range is located ...
(literally: ''Rock of the King'') *
Cozia Mountains Cozia may refer to several places in Romania: *Cozia Monastery, Vâlcea County * Cozia Mountains, Vâlcea County *Cozia National Park, Vâlcea County * Cozia, a village in Cornereva Commune, Caraș-Severin County * Cozia, a village in Cârjiți Co ...
(''Munții Cozia'') * Loviște Depression (''Depresiunea Loviștei'')


Parâng Mountains group

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Parângului'' * Parâng Mountains (''Munții Parângului'') *
Șureanu Mountains The Șureanu Mountains, (German: ''Mühlbacher Gebirge'', Hungarian: ''Kudzsiri-havasok''), belong to Romania's Parâng range in the Southern Carpathians, with peaks frequently exceeding . The mountains are located north of Romania's Jiu Valle ...
(''Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului'') *
Cindrel Mountains Cindrel Mountains (also known as Cândrel Mountains, Cibin Mountains, or the Szeben Alps) are a group of mountains in central Romania in the centre of the Southern Carpathians, in the North-East of the Parâng Mountains group. From the Transylv ...
(''Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului'') *
Lotru Mountains Lotru Mountains ( ro, Munții Lotrului) are a group of mountains that are part of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It bo ...
(''Munții Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'') *
Căpățână Mountains Căpățână or Căpățînă is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chesarie Căpățână (1784–1846), Wallachian bishop * Eugen Căpățână (born 1986), Romanian rugby union footballer * Mihai Căpățînă (born ...
(''Munții Căpățânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Skull'') * Petroșani Depression (''Depresiunea Petroșani'')


Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Retezat-Godeanu'' * Retezat Mountains (''Munții Retezat''; literally: ''Hewed Mountains'') *
Godeanu Mountains The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains. Boundaries The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded: *i ...
(''Munții Godeanu'') *
Vâlcan Mountains The Vâlcan Mountains are a chain of mountains in the Southern Carpathians in Gorj County, Romania. They are part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group. They run for approximately and the highest peak is the Vâlcan Peak at . The mountains run th ...
(''Munții Vâlcanului'') *
Mehedinți Mountains The Mehedinți Mountains ( ro, Munții Mehedinți) are a mountain range in southwestern Romania, part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group. The range represents the highest relief form in Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county ( ...
(''Munții Mehendinți'') *
Cerna Mountains Cerna may refer to: Populated places * Cerna, Croatia, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia * Černá (Žďár nad Sázavou District), Czech Republic * Černá, Semily District, Czech Republic * Cerna, Tulcea, Romania * A village in Vaideeni Commune, ...
(''Munții Cernei'') *
Țarcu Mountains The Țarcu Mountains are a mountain range in the southwestern Romania, at the western edge of the Southern Carpathians. They are located between the Bistra Valley (to the south), Timiș River (to the east), Godeanu Mountains (to the northwest) and ...
(''Munții Țarcu''; literally: ''Pen Mountains'')


Western Romanian Carpathians (RO)

:RO: ''Carpații Occidentali'' or ''Carpații Apuseni'' or ''Carpații de Apus''. The term ''Bihor Massif'' is sometimes used for the Apuseni Mountains and Poiana Ruscă.


Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Ro ...
(''Munții Apuseni'')

'' Criș Mountains'' (''Munții Criș'') : * Criș Hills (''Dealurile Crișene''), incl. Beiuș Depression (''Depresiunea Beiuș''), Vad Depression (''Depresiunea Vad'') *
Pădurea Craiului Mountains The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these mou ...
(literally:''Forest of the King'') *
Codru-Moma Mountains The Codru-Moma Mountains (Munții Codru-Moma) are a part of the Apuseni Mountains. They are specifically located in the Arad and Bihor counties, within the Western Romanian Carpathians of Crișana, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a ...
(''Munții Codru-Moma'') '' Seș-Meseș Mountains'' (''Munții Seș-Meseșului''): * Meseș Mountains (''Munții Meseșului'') * Seș Mountain (''Muntele Seș'') * Șimleu Depression (''Depresiunea Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan * Șimleu Mountains (''Munții Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan '' Bihor Massif'' (''Masivul Bihor''): *
Bihor Mountains Bihor Mountains ( ro, Munții Bihorului, hu, Bihar-hegység) is a mountain range in western Romania. It is part of the Apuseni Mountains, which are part of the Carpathian Mountains. The massif has a length of from the northwest to the southe ...
(''Munții Bihorului'') * Great Mountain (''Muntele Mare'') *
Gilău Mountains The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Rom ...
(''Munții Gilăului'') '' Mureș Mountains'' (''Munții Mureșului''): * Zarand Mountains (''Munții Zarandului'') * Metalliferous Mountains (''Munții Metaliferi''), incl. Trascău Mountains (''Munții Trascăului'')


Poiana Ruscă Mountains The Poiana Ruscă Mountains (part of the Western Carpathians) are a Carpathian mountain range in western Romania. The mountains are situated roughly south of the Mureș River, northeast of the Timiș River, and west of the Strei River. The Bega R ...

:RO: ''Munții Poiana Ruscă'' (Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians) * Poiana Ruscă (literally: ''Ruscă Meadows'') *
Lipova Plateau Lipova or Lipová may refer to places: Czech Republic *Lipová (Cheb District), a municipality and village in the Karlovy Vary Region * Lipová (Děčín District), a municipality and village in the Ústí nad Labem Region * Lipová (Přerov Dist ...
(''Podișul Lipovei'') * Bega-Timiș Groove (''Culoarul Bega-Timiș'') *
Orăștie Groove Orăștie (; german: link=no, Broos, hu, Szászváros, la, Saxopolis) is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, central Romania. History 7th–9th century – On the site of an old swamp was a human settlement, ...
(''Culoarul Orăștiei''), incl.
Hațeg Depression Hațeg (; german: Wallenthal; hu, Hátszeg) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 9,340. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (''Nalácvád''), Silvașu de Jos (''Alsószilvás''), and Silvașu de Sus ...
(''Depresiunea Hațegului'')


Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range. The Banat Mountains ...

:RO: ''Munții Banatului'' (Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians) *
Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains ( ro, Munții Banatului; hu, Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range. The Banat Mountains ...
(''Munții Banatului'') sensu stricto, i.e.
Semenic Mountains Semenic is a ski resort in the Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park, in the Banat region of Romania. Etymology The ''semenic'' is actually a rare flower growing in the wilderness of the mountains. Therefore, this western Romanian ski resort w ...
(''Munții Semenic''), Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei''),
Anina Mountains Anina (; German: ''Steierdorf''; Hungarian: ''Stájerlakanina'') is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 10,886 in 2000. The town administers one village, Steierdorf (German: ''Steierdorf'', Hung ...
(''Munții Aninei'') and
Dognecea Mountains Dognecea ( hu, Dognácska) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region of Romania, with a population of 2,009 people. It is composed of two villages, Calina (''Kalina'') and Dognecea. The commune is located in the northwestern part ...
(''Munții Dognecei'') *
Almăj Mountains Almăj is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the ...
(''Munții Almăjului'') *
Timiș-Cerna Gap Timiș-Cerna Gap () is a mountain pass in South-Western Romania, mostly in Caraș-Severin County, dividing the Southern Carpathians and the Banat mountain ranges, both part of the Carpathians. The pass follows the paths of the rivers Timiș (wh ...
(''Culoarul Timiș-Cerna''), incl.
Almăj Depression Almăj is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the ...
(''Depresiunea Almăj'') * Caraș Hills (''Dealurile Carașului'')


Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the East ...
(RO)

:RO: ''Depresiunea Transilvaniei'', i.e. Transylvanian Depression. Some authors do not consider it to be part of the Carpathians. * Mureș-Turda Depression (''Depresiunea Mureș-Turda'') *
Sibiu Depression Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cib ...
(''Depresiunea Sibiului'') *
Făgăraș Depression Făgăraș (; german: Fogarasch, Fugreschmarkt, hu, Fogaras) is a city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt River and has a population of 28,330 as of 2011. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, ...
(''Depresiunea Făgărașului'') ''
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the East ...
'' (''Podișul Transilvaniei''): *
Târnava Plateau The Târnava (full name in ro, Râul Târnava; hu, Küküllő; german: Kokel; tr, Kokul or Kokulu) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the ...
(''Podișul Târnavelor''), incl. Hârtibaci Plateau (''Podișul Hârtibaciului'') and Secașe Plateau (''Podișul Secașelor'') *
Transylvanian Plain The Transylvanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Transilvaniei; hu, Mezőség, ) is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someșul Mare and the Someșul Mic rivers to the north and west and the Mureș River to the south and ...
(''Câmpia Transilvaniei''), or
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the East ...
(''Podișul Transivan(iei)'') sensu stricto *
Someș Plateau The Someș (; hu, Szamos; german: Somesch or ''Samosch'') is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary.Serbian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians ( sr, / ) is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They st ...
(RS)

:Serbian: ''Karpatske planine'', i.e. "Carpathian Mountains". Sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the Banat Mountains), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all. * Miroč * Homolje mountains (''Homoljske planine'') *
Veliki Krš Veliki Krš ( Serbian Cyrillic: Велики крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the city of Bor. Its highest peak ''Veliki krš'' has an elevation of 1,148 meters above sea level. Like nearby Mali Krš and Stol, it is dominated ...
*
Mali Krš Mali Krš ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мали крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, Garvan, has an elevation of 929 metres above sea level. While not particularly rugged, Mali Krš is remote, hidden between nearby mountains of Lišk ...
*
Deli Jovan Deli Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дели Јован, ) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Negotin Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is ...
* Beljanica (''Beljanica planina'') *
Kučaj Kučaj ( sr, Кучај, ) is a mountain range in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, ''Velika Tresta'' has an elevation of 1,284 meters above sea level. They belong to the Serbian extension of Carpathians, which separate the valleys of Great Mor ...
(''Kučajske planine'') *
Rtanj Rtanj ( sr, Ртањ, Romanian: Artan, ) is a mountain situated in eastern Serbia, approximately 200 km southeast of Belgrade, between the towns of Boljevac on north and Sokobanja on the south. It belongs to the Serbian Carpathians. Its hi ...
(''Rtanj planina'') * Ozren *
Devica Devica (Serbian Cyrillic: Девица) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Sokobanja. Its highest peak, ''Čapljinac'' (also called Manjin Kamen) has an elevation of above sea level. It belongs to the boundary of Carpathian and Bal ...


Outer Subcarpathian regions Outer Subcarpathia ( pl, Podkarpacie Zewnętrzne; uk, Прикарпаття, ''Prykarpattia''; cs, Vněkarpatské sníženiny; german: Karpatenvorland) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carp ...
(subprovince)

The Outer Subcarpathian regions are divided into Western, Northern, etc. and are usually treated as part of the individual parts of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. Since, however, it was impossible to find their exact subdivision, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'', etc.) from the west to the east and south here: *
Weinviertel Foothills The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria. In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western n ...
(DE: ''Weinviertler Hügelland''; CZ: ''Weinviertelská pahorkatina''; PL: ''Pogórze Weinviertel'') + Dyje-Svratka Valley (DE: ''Thaya-Schwarza-Talsenke''; CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'') → A1.1 * Vyškov Gate (CZ: ''Vyškovská brána'') → A1.2 * Upper Moravian Valley (CZ: ''Hornomoravský úval'') → A1.3 *
Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate ( cs, Moravská brána, pl, Brama Morawska, german: Mährische Pforte, sk, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the ...
(CZ: ''Moravská brána'') → A1.4 * Ostrava Basin (CZ: ''Ostravská pánev'', PL: ''Kotlina Ostrawska'') → A1.5 *
Oświęcim Basin Oświęcim Basin ( pl, Kotlina OświęcimskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Oświęcimska'') → A1.6 *
Kraków Gate Kraków Gate ( pl, Brama Krakowska) is one of the few rock gates in Ojców National Park. It is in the Valley of the Pradnik and closes the outlet of the Cracow Gorge Gateway to the valley. It is a classic example of the gates of rock. The nam ...
(PL: ''Brama Krakowska'') → A1.7 *
Sandomierz Basin Sandomierz Basin ( pl, Kotlina Sandomierska) is a lowland, located in southeastern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Upland, Lublin Upland and the Western Carpathians. Its name comes from the historical city of Sandomierz, and the basin has a trian ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Sandomierska'') + San-Dniester Plain (PL: ''Płaskowyż Sańsko-Dniestrzański''; UA: ''Сянсько-Дністровська рівнина'') → B1.1 *
Upper Dniester Valley Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found f ...
(UA: ''Верхньодністровська улоговина'') → B1.2 * Drohobych Highlands (PL: ''Wysoczyzna Drohobycka''; UA: ''Дрогобицька височина'') → B1.3 *
Dniester Plain The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and ...
(UA: ''Придністровська рівнина'') → B1.4 * Pokutian Upland (UA: ''Покутська височина'') → B1.5 * Bukovinian Highlands (UA: ''Буковинське Прикарпаття''; RO: ''Podișul Bucovinei'') +
Suceava Plateau Suceava Plateau ( ro, Podișul Sucevei) is a geographic area in the NE Romania (parts of Suceava, Botoșani, Iași, and Neamț counties), and SW Ukraine (parts of Chernivtsi Oblast). Suceava Plateau is the NW part of the Moldavian Plateau The ...
(RO: ''Podișul Sucevei'') → B1.6 * Moldavia-Siret Groove (RO: ''Culoarul Moldova-Siret'') → B1.7 * Moldavian Subcarpathians (RO: ''Subcarpații Moldovei'') → B1.8 *
Muntenian Subcarpathians Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms i ...
(RO: ''Subcarpații Munteniei'') → B1.9 *
Getic Subcarpathians The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracians, Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ...
(RO: ''Subcarpații Getici'') +
Getic Plateau The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ''Get'' ...
(RO: ''Podișul Getic'') → C1.1


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''Origin and growth of the Western Carpathian orogenetic wedge during the mesozoic.''
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