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The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountain ranges in
The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians
The Western Romanian Carpathians (, ), 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 Transylvan ...
(''Carpații Occidentali Românești'') mountain range.
The Banat Mountains consist of:
* The Banat Mountains (''Munții Banatului'') per se, which include:
** the 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 ...
(''Munții Semenic'');
** the Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei'');
** the Anina Mountains (''Munții Aninei'');
** and the Dognecea Mountains
Dognecea () 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 of the county ...
(''Munții Dognecei'').
* The Almăj Mountains (''Munții Almăjului'').
* The 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 (whi ...
(''Culoarul Timiș-Cerna''), including the Almăj Depression (''Depresiunea Almăj''), which divide the Banat Mountains from the Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ; ) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiș and ...
.
* The Caraș Hills
Caras may refer to:
* ''Caras'' (magazine), a Portugal-based women's magazine
* Caraș River, a river in Serbia and Romania
* Caras (tribe), an indigenous tribe living in coastal Ecuador (1-1000 CE)
* Carás, an alternate spelling of Caraz (moun ...
(''Dealurile Carașului'').
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Mountain ranges of Romania
Mountain ranges of the Western Romanian Carpathians
Western Romanian Carpathians