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 highe ...

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 Pr ...

. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the

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 ...

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 discha ...

*in the east, by the Rucăr-Bran Passage and the river Dâmbovița

Mountains

(''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'') * Cozia Mountains (''Munții Cozia'')

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

Boundaries

Mountains

See also

External links