The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mountain ranges in

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 ...

. 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 ...

. 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

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 ...

(''Munţii Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''). The Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians include: * Bârgău Mountains (''Munții Bârgăului'') * Călimani Mountains (''Munții Călimani''), also known as the Kelemen Alps * Ciuc Mountains (''Munții Ciucului'') *

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 C ...

(''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 an ...

(''Munții Harghita''), the "largest volcanic body in the whole of Europe" Geology of the Carpathian Region, G.Z. Földvary, 1988, page 223 * Baraolt Mountains (''Munții Baraolt'') * Perșani Mountains (''Munții Perșani'')

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

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