The Făgăraș
mountain
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group is a subgroup of mountains in 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 ...
. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the
Făgăraș Mountains
The Făgăraș Mountains ( ; ) 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 the north by the Făgăraș Depression, through wh ...
.
Boundaries
The Făgăraș group is bounded:
*in the west, by the
Olt River
The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian; ; or ', , ''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 discharge at the mouth is . It originates in the Hă ...
*in the east, by the
Rucăr-Bran Passage and the river
Dâmbovița
Mountains
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Făgăraș Mountains
The Făgăraș Mountains ( ; ) 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 the north by the Făgăraș Depression, through wh ...
(''Munții Făgărașului'')
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Iezer Mountains
The Iezer Mountains () 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
The Iezer Mountains are located between th ...
(''Munții Iezer''; literally:''Mountains of the Deep Lake'')
*
Cozia Mountains (''Munții Cozia'')
See also
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Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinav ...
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Parâng Mountains group
The Parâng () mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.
Boundaries
The Parâng group is bounded:
*in the east, by the Olt River
*i ...
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Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains ( ) 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 Peak, Omu'' is its highest point.
To the east, the Bucegi Mountains ha ...
External links
Pictures and images from the Fagaras Mountains group
*http://www.carpati.org/
*http://www.alpinet.org/
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Mountain ranges of Romania
Mountain ranges of the Southern Carpathians