The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central

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 west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. Geologically 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 ...

group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian categorization is indicated below. The Bistrița mountain range consist of the following mountains. * Bistrița Mountains (''Munții Bistriței'') per se, comprising ** Pietrosul Massif (''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 el ...

(''Masivul Ceahlău'') :with the latter sometimes considered a distinct range. In Romania these are considered part of the central Carpathians of

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

and

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

(''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''), or "MMT" * Mestecăniș Ridge (''Obcina Mestecăniș''). In Romania these are considered part of the northern Carpathians of

Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...

and Bukovina (''Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei''), or "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 th ...

(''Munții Hășmașu Mare'') MMT

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Munții Rarău și Giumalău
description and hiking guide {{DEFAULTSORT:Bistrita Mountains Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians Mountain ranges of Romania

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