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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 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 ...
. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya System that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "
provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...
" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right. To generalize, there are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and the Southern Carpathians.


Naming conventions

The division is largely (with many exceptions) undisputed at the lowest level (except for the Ukrainian part), but various divisions are given for the higher levels, especially for the penultimate level. A
geomorphological Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topography, topographic and bathymetry, bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. Ge ...
division has been used as much as the data was available; other new physiogeographic divisions were used in other cases. Where the classification of a higher level "title" is known/sure, it is added at the end of the name in brackets, e.g. "(subprovince)". ;Taxonomy The names are also given in the language of the corresponding country and marked by the
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: *AT=
Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
*CZ=
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
*HU=
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
*PL=
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
*RO=
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 ...
* RS=
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*SK=
Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
*UA=
Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
The most confusing and diverse is the classification of the
Beskids The Beskids or Beskid Mountains (, , , (), ()) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. The highest mountain in the Be ...
, including the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids (; ; ; ) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians. Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of th ...
, the
Central Beskids The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several traditi ...
and the
Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds (; ; ; ) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. As a continuation of the Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner ...
. Their geologic features are fairly distinct, but multiple traditions, languages, and nationalities have developed overlapping variants for the divisions and names of these 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 ...
, it is usual to divide the
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 Sy ...
in Romanian territory into three formal groups (northern, central, southern), instead in ''Outer'' and ''Inner'' sections of Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian approach is shown by adding the following abbreviations to the names of units within Romania: *MMB = Maramureș-Bukovinian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei'') *MMT = Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani'') *MC =
Curvature Carpathians The Curvature Carpathians (; ) are the Southernmost stretch of the Eastern Carpathians, stretching from the Trotuș River to the Prahova River. The highest peak is Ciucaș (1954 m). The Curvature Carpathians are one of the three traditio ...
(''Munții Carpați de Curbură'') A similar standard (grouping of ''outer'' and ''inner'' sections) is traditionally applied within broader use of the term "
Wooded Carpathians The term Wooded Carpathians (; ; ; ) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both ''inner'' and ''outer'' regions of that section. Geographical scope of the term varies, since it ...
", that encompasses all mountain ranges within the central section of ''Outer Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Eastern Beskids'' with ''
Polonynian Mountains Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids (; ) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mountain ridges of the Eastern Beskids, situated in western parts of mo ...
'', and also all mountains within the northern section of ''Inner Eastern Carpathians'', including ''Vihorlat-Gutin Area'' and ''Maramureș-Rodna Area''. The
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
is encircled by, and geologically a part of, the Carpathians. But it is not a mountainous region and its inclusion is disputed in some sources. Its features are included below. The
Serbian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians () is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They stretch in ...
are sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the
Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountai ...
), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all. They're included below. The regions of
Outer Subcarpathia Outer Subcarpathia (; ; ; ) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carpathian arc, including foothills of the Outer Western Carpathians and Outer Eastern Carpathians. It stretches from northeaste ...
lay outside the broad arc of the entire formation and are usually listed as part of the individual divisions of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. With the difficulty of finding their exact subdivisions, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'' etc.) from the west to the east and south, in a separate listing at the end.


Western Carpathians The Western Carpathians () are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland w ...
(province)


Outer Western Carpathians (subprovince)


South-Moravian Carpathians (CZ) / Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (AT) (area)

(CZ: ''Jihomoravské Karpaty'', AT: ''Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten'') * Lower Austrian Inselberg Swell (AT: ''Leiser Berge'', ''Niederösterreichische Inselbergschwelle'') +
Mikulov Highlands The Mikulov Highlands () is a mountain range in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Waschberg Zone and Lower Austria Inselberg threshold, form the South-Moravian Carpathians. Geography The Mikulo ...
(CZ: ''Mikulovská vrchovina'') * Dyje-Svratka Vale (AT: ''Thaya-Schwarza Thalsenke'', CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'')


Central Moravian Carpathians The Central Moravian Carpathians () are a mountain range within the Czech Republic belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians. Despite the name, they stand in southern Moravia, east of Brno. In the east, they border on the Slovak-Moravian Carp ...
(CZ) (area)

(CZ: ''Středomoravské Karpaty'') *
Ždánice Forest The Ždánice Forest (in Czech, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a land ...
(''Ždánický les'') *
Litenčice Hills Litenčice () is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Litenčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 censu ...
(''Litenčická pahorkatina'') *
Chřiby Chřiby (, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natural features, rock f ...
*
Kyjov Hills The Kyjov Hills () is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpathians. The hills spread ove ...
(''Kyjovská pahorkatina'')


Slovak-Moravian Carpathians The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it was known in Hungarian language, Hungarian as ''Magyar-m ...
(CZ/SK) (area)

(CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') *
White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...
(CZ: ''Bílé Karpaty'', SK: ''Biele Karpaty'') *
Maple Mountains The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...
(''Javorníky'') (CZ+SK) *
Myjava Hills The Myjava Hills () is an area of hills in western Slovakia, rugged highlands along the Myjava River composed of Carpathian flysch. Geologically it is one range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The highest p ...
(SK: ''Myjavská pahorkatina'') * Váh Valley Land (SK: ''Považské podolie'') *
Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...
(CZ: ''Vizovická vrchovina'')


West Beskidian Foothills The Western Beskidian Foothills (, ) is a geological region in the northeastern corner of the Czech Republic and extending into southern Poland. The relatively modest foothills are considered part of the Outer Western Carpathians. Subdivision Th ...
(CZ / PL) (area)

(CZ: ''Západobeskydské podhůří'', PL: ''Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie'') *
Moravian-Silesian Foothills Moravian-Silesian Foothills () are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. Geomorphology The Moravian-Silesian Foothills is a mesoregion of the Western Beskidian Foothills macroregion within the Outer Western Carpath ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Śląsko-Morawskie'', CZ: ''Podbeskydská pahorkatina'') *
Silesian Foothills Silesian Foothills (, , ) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main rivers that cut the foothills are from west to east: Vistula, Biała ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Śląskie'') *
Wieliczka Foothills Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of P ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wielickie'') *
Wiśnicz Foothills Wiśnicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małogoszcz, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Małogoszcz, north-west of Jędrzejów, and west of the ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Wiśnickie'')


Western Beskids The Western Beskids (; ; ; ) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians. Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of th ...
(CZ / SK / PL) (area)

(CZ: ''Západní Beskydy'', SK: ''Západné Beskydy'', PL: ''Beskidy Zachodnie'') Western section of the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids (; ; ; ) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians. Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of th ...
*
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains () is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of conifer ...
(CZ: ''Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina'') *
Moravian-Silesian Beskids The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part of the Western Beskids within ...
(CZ: ''Moravskoslezské Beskydy'', SK: ''Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy'') *
Turzovka Highlands Turzovka () is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. History The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968. This town became well known by the ...
(SK: ''Turzovská vrchovina'') *
Jablunkov Furrow Jablunkov (; , ) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The town has a significant Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority. It is inhabited by a la ...
(CZ: ''Jablunkovská brázda'') *
Rožnov Furrow Rožnov is name of several places in the Czech Republic: *Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. Geography Rožnov pod Radho� ...
(CZ: ''Rožnovská brázda'') *
Jablunkov Intermontane Jablunkov (; , ) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The re ...
(SK: ''Jablunkovské medzihorie'', CZ: ''Jablunkovské mezihoří'') *
Silesian Beskids Silesian Beskids (, , ) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separa ...
(PL: ''Beskid Śląski'', CZ: ''Slezské Beskydy'') *
Żywiec Basin Żywiec Basin (Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the west, Żywiec Beskids ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Żywiecka'') Northern section of the
Western Beskids The Western Beskids (; ; ; ) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians. Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of th ...
*
Little Beskids The Little Beskids (; ) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Western Beskids ranges of the Outer Western Carpathians in southeastern Poland. Within the range is the protected area known as Little Beskids Landscape Park. Its highest mount ...
(''Beskid Mały'') *
Maków Beskids The Maków Beskids () is a mountain range in south-central Poland, part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians. Its highest peak is Mędralowa (1169 meters), within a total area of 900 square kilometers, about 60 km len ...
or Middle Beskids (''Beskid Makowski'' or "Beskid Średni") *
Island Beskids The Island Beskids (in Polish language, Polish, ''Beskid Wyspowy'') is a mountain range in southern Poland, part of the Western Beskids of the Outer Western Carpathians, with significant natural resources, folk culture, medieval history, and dev ...
(''Beskid Wyspowy'') * Gorce * (?) Rabka Basin (''Kotlina Rabczańska'') * Sącz Basin (''Kotlina Sądecka'')
Eastern section of the Western Beskids Eastern section of the Western Beskids () are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. In geographic cla ...
(in Slovak terminology: ''
Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds (; ; ; ) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. As a continuation of the Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner ...
'', SK: ''Východné Beskydy'') *
Beskid Sądecki Beskid Sądecki is a mountain range in the eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. It is located in the border region between Poland and Slovakia. On the Poland, Polish side, it stretches along an area ...
(PL: ''Beskid Sądecki'') + Ľubovňa Highlands (SK: ''Ľubovnianska vrchovina'') *
Čergov Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Polish name for the range is ''Góry Czerchowskie'', the Czerchów Mountains. In Polish lan ...
(SK) +
Czerchów Mountains Czerchów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ozorków, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ozorków, north of Zgierz, and north of the regional capital Łódź ...
(PL: ''Góry Czerchowskie'') *
Pieniny The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D ...
(often considered part of the Podhôľno-magurská oblasť in non-geomorphological systems)
Central section of the Western Beskids Central section of the Western Beskids (; ; ) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. In geographic classif ...
(in Slovak terminology: ''
Central Beskids The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several traditi ...
'', SK: ''Stredné Beskydy'') * Orava Beskids (SK: ''Oravské Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids The Żywiec Beskids (; ) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes an ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy"- Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"- Kysuce-Orava Beskids; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids) * Kysuce Beskids (SK: ''Kysucké Beskydy'') +
Żywiec Beskids The Żywiec Beskids (; ) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes an ...
(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"; the older polish equivalent is "Beskid Wysoki" - High Beskids) * Kysuce Highlands (SK: ''Kysucká vrchovina'') * Orava Magura (SK: ''Oravská Magura'') *
Orava Highlands The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, ''Oravská vrchovina'') is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians. In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; i ...
(SK: ''Oravská vrchovina'') * Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: ''Podbeskydská brázda'') * Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: ''Podbeskydská vrchovina'')


Podhale-Magura Area The Podhale-Magura Area (; known in Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'') — is a geomorphologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, belonging to the Outer Western Carpathi ...
(SK)/ Orava-Podhale Depression (PL) (area)

Source: (SK: ''Podhôľno-magurská oblasť'', PL: ''Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie'') * Skorušina Mountains (SK: ''Skorušinské vrchy'') + Spiš-Gubałówka Highlands (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'') *
Sub-Tatra Trench Sub-Tatra Trench (Polish language, Polish: Rów Podtatrzański; Slovakian language, Slovakian: Podtatranská brázda) (Regions of Poland, 514.14) is a Mesoregion (geomorphology), mesoregion located below the Tatra Mountains, part of the Podhale-Ma ...
(SK: ''Podtatranská brázda'', PL: ''Rów Podtatrzański'') *
Spiš Magura The Spiš Magura (, ) is a set of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia, part of the Podhale-Magura Area region of the Outer Western Carpathians. The western and northern boundaries of the Spiš Magura are the international border with Poland. I ...
(SK: ''Spišská Magura'') + Spiš-Gubałówka Highlands (PL: ''Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie'') *
Levoča Mountains The Levoča Mountains (, , ) is a mountain range in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Geologically the range stands within the Podhale-Magura Area of the Outer Western Carpathians. The highest point is Čierna hora (Black Mountain), at 1 ...
(SK: ''Levočské vrchy'') * Bachureň (SK) * Spiš-Šariš Intermontane (SK: ''Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie'') *
Šariš Highlands Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former (comitatus) Sáros county. History Šariš county was created in the 13th century from the ''comitatus Novi Castri'' (nam ...
(SK: ''Šarišská vrchovina'') * Orava Basin (SK: ''Oravská kotlina'') +
Orava-Nowy Targ Basin The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin () is the northern, lowest part of the Podhale-Magura Area, between the Western Beskids in the north and the Spisko-Gubałowski Highlands in the south. Boundaries The boundaries are as follows. * to the west, alo ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska'')


Inner Western Carpathians (subprovince)


Slovak Ore Mountains The Slovak Ore Mountains ( , , ) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's Spiš and Gemer region, with a small part in northern Hungary. It is the largest mountain range in Slovakia. Geomorph ...
(SK) (area)

*
Vepor Mountains Vepor Mountains () are a mountain range in Slovakia, a subdivision of Erzgebirge in Spiš region. Notable features * Fabova hola * Sihlianska plateau * Balocké vrchy See also * Muránska planina National Park Muránska planina National Pa ...
(''Veporské vrchy'') *
Spiš-Gemer Karst The Spiš-Gemer Karst (Slovak: ''Spišsko-gemerský kras'', Hungarian: ''Szepes-gömöri karszt'') is a part (a geomorphological area) in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains. It consists of these two entities, both of which have been declared n ...
(''Spišsko-gemerský kras'') * Stolica Mountains (''Stolické vrchy'') *
Revúca Highlands Revúca (; formerly ''Veľká Revúca'' in Slovak language, Slovak; ; ) is a town in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Revúca is the seat of Revúca District. Etymology The name is of Slovak language, Slovak origin and was initially the name o ...
(''Revúcka vrchovina'') *
Volovec Mountains The Volovec Mountains (, ) is a mountain range ...
(''Volovské vrchy'') * Black Mountain (''Čierna hora'') *
Rožňava Basin Rožňava (, , Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist att ...
(''Rožňavská kotlina'') *
Slovak Karst The Slovak Karst () is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské Rudohorie mountains in the Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians in southern Slovakia. It consists of a complex of huge karst plains and plateaus. Since 1973 it has been a protected ...
(''Slovenský kras'') and
Aggtelek Karst Aggtelek Karst is a karst area in northern Hungary. The area is especially well known for its abundance of caves, which were recorded together with those in neighboring Slovakia in 1995 to the list of World Heritage Site under the name of the Ca ...
(Hungarian: ''Aggteleki-karszt''; lies in northern
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
)


Fatra-Tatra Area The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching int ...
(SK/PL/AT) * (area)

: Slovak:''Fatransko-tatranská oblasť'' *
Little Carpathians The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', ; ; ) are a low mountain range, about 100 km long, and part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto n ...
(SK: ''Malé Karpaty'') + Hainburg Mountains (AT: ''Hainburger Berge'') *
Považský Inovec Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. It is long and wide mountain range. It is situated from the city of Hlohovec, raising from the Danubian Hills, and slowly raising further north until nearly ...
*
Tribeč Tribeč () is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians located in the Nitra Region. It is surrounded by the Danubian Lowland, Pohronský Inovec, Vtáčnik Mountains and the Upper Nitra Basin. Beech trees ...
*
Strážov Mountains The Strážov Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area. They are situated between the towns of Trenčín, Považská Bystrica, Rajec, Prievidza and Bánovce ...
(''Strážovské vrchy'') *
Súľov Mountains The Súľov Mountains (in Slovak language, Slovak, ''Súľovské vrchy'') is a rugged mountain range in Slovakia, the northwestern part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. Its highest peak is Veľký Manín, at 890 meters. ...
(''Súľovské vrchy'') * Žiar *
Lesser Fatra Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), Bri ...
(''Malá Fatra'') *
Greater Fatra Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality * ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record * "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014 *Greater Bank, an Australia ...
(''Veľká Fatra'') *
Staré Hory Mountains The Staré Hory Mountains () is a small mountain range in Central Slovakia, near the town of Banská Bystrica. It is a part of the Low Tatra, which is part of the Fatra-Tatra Area and the Inner Western Carpathians. The mountain range is named afte ...
(''Starohorské vrchy'') *
Choč Mountains The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, ''Chočské vrchy'') are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. H ...
(''Chočské vrchy'') *
Western Tatras The Western Tatras (; ) are mountains in the Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains, located on the Polish- Slovak border. The mountains border the High Tatras in the east, Podtatranská kotlina in the south, Choč Mountains in t ...
*
Eastern Tatras The Eastern Tatras form part of the European Tatra Mountains range in Poland and Slovakia. The term is rarely used, with the area more commonly referred to as the High Tatras and the Belianske Tatras () ranges. See also * Western Tatras * Tatra ...
*
Low Tatras The Low Tatras or Low Tatra (; ) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia. It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the Váh and Poprad rivers (the Liptov-Spiš ...
(''Nízke Tatry'') *
Kozie chrbty The Kozie chrbty (In Slovak language, Slovak, literally "goat ridges") are a mountainous area in Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians, where uranium ore may be found. The place was previously known as Vikartovs ...
(literally: Goat Ridges) * Branisko *
Žilina Basin Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...
(''Žilinská kotlina'') *
Upper Nitra Basin Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...
(''Hornonitrianska kotlina'') *
Turiec Basin The Turiec Basin (; ; ; ) is located in the northern part of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the ...
(''Turčianska kotlina'') *
Podtatranská kotlina The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikulá ...
(Sub-Tatra Basin) *
Hornád Basin The Hornád ( Slovak, ) or Hernád ( Hungarian, ) is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary to the river Slaná (Sajo). The source of the Hornád is the eastern slopes of Kráľova hoľa hill, south of Šuňa ...
(''Hornádska kotlina'') * Horehronské podolie


Slovak Central Mountains The Slovak Central MountainsVtacnik Mountains (''Vtáčnik'') *
Pohronský Inovec Pohronský Inovec is a mountain range in Slovakia, part of the Slovenské stredohorie ranges of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is volcanic in origin, and composed of andesite and rhyolites. The highest peak is ''Veľký Inovec'' (B ...
*
Štiavnica Mountains The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; , ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected by Štiavnica Moun ...
(''Štiavnické vrchy'') *
Kremnica Mountains The Kremnica Mountains (, , ) are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts. The mountain range is situated east of the town of Kremnica, which gave it its name. ...
(''Kremnické vrchy'') *
Poľana Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains within the Western Carpathians Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano A stratovolcano, a ...
* Ostrôžky * Javorie *
Krupina Plain Krupina (, ) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is probably derived from Slavic root ''krup''. Proto-Slavic: ''krǫpъ'', ''krǫpъjь'' � ...
(''Krupinská planina'') *
Zvolen Basin Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina River (Slovakia), Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana Protected Landscape Area, Po� ...
(''Zvolenská kotlina'') *
Pliešovce Basin Pliešovce (; ) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. History Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Pliešovce was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of H ...
(''Pliešovská kotlina'') *
Žiar Basin Žiar may refer to: * Žiar, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a municipality in Slovakia * Žiar, Revúca District, a municipality in Slovakia *Žiar (mountain range), Slovakia *Short name of Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; un ...
(''Žiarska kotlina'')


Lučenec-Košice Depression The Lučenec-Košice Depression (in Slovak, ''Lučensko-košická zníženina'') is a geological feature on the border of Slovakia and northeastern Hungary. The basin is considered part of the Inner Western Carpathians. Broadly it separates the ...
(SK/HU) (area)

: SK: ''Lučensko-košická zníženina'' *
Southern Slovak Basin Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express ...
(SK: ''Juhoslovenská kotlina'') +
Central Ipoly Basin Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
(HU: ''Középső-Ipoly-völgy'') +
Borsod Hills Borsod was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The capital of the county was Miskolc. After World War II, the county was merged with the Hungarian parts of Abaúj-Torna County and Zemplén counties to form Borsod-Aba ...
(HU: ''Borsodi-dombság'') *
Bodva Hills The Bodva (, , ) is a 110-km long river in Slovakia and Hungary. Its source is in the Slovak Ore Mountains. The river crosses the border with Hungary near Turňa nad Bodvou, and flows into the river Sajó in Boldva, north of Miskolc. Within Slova ...
(SK: ''Bodvianska pahorkatina'') * (SK: ''Košická kotlina'') + Hernád-Valley Basin (HU: ''Hernád-völgy'')


Mátra-Slanec Area (SK) /

North Hungarian Mountains The North Hungarian Mountains (), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the northern, mountainous part of Hunga ...
(HU) (area)

: SK: ''Matransko-slanská oblasť'', HU: ''Északi-középhegység'' *
Börzsöny Börzsöny (; or ''Novohradské hory'', New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with . It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the Inner Weste ...
Mountains (HU: ''Börzsöny-hegység'', literally: ''Logwood Mountains'') + Burda (SK) *
Gödöllő Hills Gödöllő, officially the City of Gödöllő, is a city in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can ...
(HU: ''Gödöllői-dombság'') *
Cerová vrchovina Cerová () is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. The village is divided into three parts: Cerová (), Lieskové (), and Rozbehy (). History It was first mentioned in 1324 as ''Korlathkeu''. ...
(SK; Cerová Highlands) +
Cserhát Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Karancs with an elevation of 729 metres above sea level. Cserhát stretches from Cserh ...
(HU: ''Cserhát'') *
Mátra The Mátra () is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range. Formation Pre-volcanic formations The formation of the Mátra ...
(HU: ''Mátra'') *
Bükk The Bükk Mountains () are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the Bükk National Park. Geography Although Kékes, the highest point in Hungary, is not here but in t ...
(HU: ''Bükk'' – literally ''Beech Mountains'') * Cserehát Hills (HU: ''Cserehát'') *
Slanec Mountains Slanec (; ; ) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1230 (''Castrum'' ''Salis'') as an important fortress. In 1270 Ki ...
(SK: ''Slanské vrchy'') +
Zemplén Mountains Zemplén Mountains () or Tokaj Mountains (; or Tokaji-hegység) is a mountain range in Hungary. The Zemplén Mountains form part of the Tokaj-Eperjes mountain chain in Hungary, known for their ecological richness and historical significance. Ge ...
(HU: ''Zempléni-hegység'', also ''Tokaji-hegység''/Tokaj Mountains) *
Zemplín Mountains The Zemplín Mountains is a small mountain range in southeastern Slovakia, geologically part of the Mátra-Slanec Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range of about 101 square kilometers is near the border of Hungary and its Tokaj wine ...
(SK, ''Zemplínske vrchy'')


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 Sy ...
(province)

Clarification: In Ukraine sometimes is denoted as "Eastern Carpathians" only the part basically on their territory (i.e.to the north of the
Prislop Pass Prislop Pass () is a mountain pass in northern Romania, connecting the historical regions of Maramureș and Bukovina over the Rodna Mountains, in the Eastern Carpathians. The Prislop Pass is situated at an elevation of . The closest city is Bor� ...
), while in Romania sometimes use to call "Eastern Carpathians" (''Carpații Orientali'') only the other part, which lies on their territory (i.e. from the Ukrainian border or from the Prislop Pass to the south). In some Polish classifications, Central Beskids and Central Beskidian Piedmont belongs to Western Carpathians province and Outer Western Carpathians subprovince.


Outer Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)


Central Beskidian Piedmont (PL)***

:PL: ''Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie'' * Rożnów Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Rożnowskie'') *
Ciężkowice Piedmont Ciężkowice is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,444 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies in the ''Ciężkowice Foothills'', on the Biała river. The town is located on regional road nr. 977, it also has a r ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Ciężkowickie'') *
Strzyżów Piedmont Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rzeszów. ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Strzyżowskie'') * Dynów Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Dynowskie'') *
Przemyśl Piedmont Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship. Prze ...
(PL: ''Pogórze Przemyskie'') * Gorlice Depression (PL: ''Obniżenie Gorlickie'') * Jasło-Krosno Basin (PL: ''Kotlina Jasielsko-Krośnieńska'') * Jasło Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Jasielskie'') * Bukowsko Piedmont (PL: ''Pogórze Bukowskie'')


Central Beskids The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several traditi ...
(area)

:PL: ''Beskidy Środkowe'' (in Slovak terminology: Lower Beskids, SK: ''Nízke Beskydy'')Often considered part of Outer Western Carpathians in non-geomorphological systems. * Busov (SK) *
Ondava Highlands The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south through ...
(SK: ''Ondavská vrchovina'') *
Low Beskid The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several tradit ...
(PL: ''Beskid Niski'') +
Laborec Highlands The Laborec High ...
(SK: ''Laborecká vrchovina'') * Central Beskidian Piedmont (SK: ''Beskydské predhorie'')


Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds (; ; ; ) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. As a continuation of the Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner ...
(area)

:PL: ''Beskidy Wschodnie''; UA: ''Східні Бескиди''. There are several variants of names and divisions of these ranges, that include the southeastern corner of Poland, far northeastern corner of Slovakia, and all of the
Ukrainian Carpathians The Ukrainian Carpathians () are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territories of four Ukrainian regions (oblasts), ...
. They are commonly divided into two parallel ridges:
Wooded Beskids A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlig ...
and
Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids (; ) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mountain ridges of the Eastern Beskids, situated in western parts of mod ...
.
Wooded Beskids A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlig ...
(PL: Beskidy Lesiste; UA: Лісисті Бескиди): *
Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains (; ; ; ) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern B ...
(PL: Bieszczady; UK: Бещади) → c1 **
Western Bieszczady Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...
(; ) mainly in Poland and Slovakia, including the
Bukovec Mountains The Bukovec Mountains (; ) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with Poland (Bieszczady Mountains) and Ukraine, ...
() **
Eastern Bieszczady Eastern or Easterns may refer to: Transportation Airlines *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 192 ...
(; ), mainly in Ukraine *
Sanok-Turka Mountains The Sanok-Turka Mountains (; ) are a mountain range in the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. They are located in southern border section between Poland and Ukraine . The Sanok-Turka mountain range stretches on an area of ...
(PL: Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди / ''Verkhnodnistrovski Beskydy'') → c3 *
Skole Beskids The Skole Beskids (; ) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, belonging to the set of ranges called the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are composed primary ...
(PL: Beskidy Skolskie; UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2 *
Gorgany Gorgany () is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1,772 m) a ...
(PL: Gorgany; UA: Ґорґани) → c4 * Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (PL: Beskidy Pokucko-Bukowińskie; UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати / ''Pokutsko-Bukovinski Karpaty'') → c5
Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids (; ) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mountain ridges of the Eastern Beskids, situated in western parts of mod ...
(PL: Beskidy Połonińskie; UA: Полонинські Бескиди; SK: Poloniny): * Smooth Polonyna (PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6 *
Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to: * Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians * Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians * Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids See also * Poloniny (dis ...
(PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7 *
Polonyna Kuk Polonyna may refer to: * Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians * Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians * Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids See also * Poloniny (dis ...
(PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8 *
Red Polonyna Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
(PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9 *
Svydovets The Svydovets ( Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpa ...
(PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10 *
Chornohora Chornohora () is the highest mountain range in Ukraine, Western Ukraine. It is within the Polonynian Beskids, a subgroup of the mountain group of Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern Beskids, which in turn is part of the Oute ...
(PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11 * Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12


Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians The Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians are a group of mountain ranges in Romania. These ranges are considered part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Romanian Carpathians (in Romanian, ...

* Suhard Mountains (RO: ''Munții Suhard'') MMB * Ridges of Bukovina (RO: ''Obcinele Bucovinei''), i.e. Obcina Feredeului (''Feredeu Ridge''), Obcina Mestecăniș (''Mestecăniș Ridge'') and Obcina Mare (''Great Ridge'') MMB * Stânișoara Mountains (RO: ''Munții Stânișoarei'', '' Masivul Ceahlău'') MMT * Trotuș Mountains (RO: ''Munții Trotușului'', i.e. '' Munții Tarcăului'', ''Munții Goșmanului'', ''Munții Berzunț'', ''Munții Nemira'') MMT *
Vrancea Mountains The Vrancea Mountains () are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County, they also cover parts of Bacău, Buzău, and Covasna counties. The highest peak is , at . To the south are the an ...
(RO: ''Munții Vrancei'') MC *
Buzău Mountains The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. These six mountain ranges are as follows: * * * * * *. The Penteleu and Ivănețu Massifs are ...
(RO: ''Munții Buzăului'') MC * Teleajen-Doftana Mountains (RO: ''Munții Teleajenului și Doftanei'', i.e. '' Masivul Ciucaș-Muntele Roșu'', ''Munții Grohotiș'', '' Munții Baiului'', ''Munții Gârbovei'') MC


Inner Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)


Vihorlat-Gutin Area The Vihorlat-Gutin Area (; ; ) is a region of mountain ranges ranging from eastern Slovakia, through western Ukraine, into northern Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, howeve ...

:SK: ''Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť'', UA: ''Вигорлат-Гутинський хребет'' *
Vihorlat Mountains Vihorlat Mountains (; , ''Vyhorliat,'' Hungarian: Vihorlát) or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site. Etymology The name is of Sla ...
(SK: ''Vihorlatské vrchy'') + Vyhorliat (UA: Вигорлат) → (B3a1) *
Makovytsia Makovytsia (; ) is a mountain within the Gorgany mountain range, in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It has a height of , and is located near the city of Yaremche. Makovytsia is part of the Carpathian National Nature Park. A campsite is located ...
(UA: Маковиця) → (B3a2) *
Velikyi Dil Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia * Vel ...
(UA: Великий Діл) → (B3a3) * Tupyi (UA: Тупий) → (B3a4) *
Oaș Mountains The Oaș Mountains (, , ) are a small volcanic mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are centered in northern section of the Țara Oașului, covering border area between the Satu Mare County ...
(RO: ''Munții Oașului'', UA: ''Оаш гори'') and Oaș Lowland (RO: ''Depresiunea Oașului'') MMB → (B3a5) *
Gutin Mountains The Gutin Mountains (; ; ) are a mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. They are centered in Maramureș County in Romania, bordering Satu Mare County, and also stretching further towards northwest as the Oa� ...
(RO: ''Munții Gutâiului'', UA: ''Гутинський масив'') MMB → (B3a6) *
Țibleș Mountains The Țibleș Mountains (, or ''Széples'') are a volcanic mountain range located in Maramureș County, in northern Romania. They belong to the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. They are located at the southern border of h ...
(RO: ''Munții Țibleșului'') MMB → (B3a7)


Maramureș-Rodna Area

* Maramureș Lowland (RO: ''Depresiunea Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароська улоговина'') MMB → (B3e1) *
Maramureș Mountains ( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...
(RO: ''Munții Maramureșului'', UA: ''Мармароський масив'') MMB → (B3e2) *
Rodna Mountains Rodna Mountains (, ) are a subdivision of the Inner Eastern Carpathians in northern Romania. The name comes from the nearby Rodna Veche village. At , is the highest peak in all of the Eastern Carpathians. The main ridge of the Rodna Mountain ...
(RO: ''Munții Rodnei'', UA: ''Родна гори'') MMB → (B3e3)


Bistrița Mountains The Bistrița Mountains (; ) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide ...
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:RO: ''Munții Bistriței'' *
Bistrița Mountains The Bistrița Mountains (; ) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide ...
(''Munții Bistriței'') sensu stricto, i.e. 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 e ...
(''Masivul Ceahlău''), the latter being considered a separate range sometimes, MMT * Mestecăniș Ridge (''Obcina Mestecăniș'') MMB *
Dorna Depression Dorna may refer to: Places Austria * Dorna, Austria, a village in the town of Irnfritz-Messern, Horn District in Lower Austria Germany * Dorna (Kemberg), a village, part of the town Kemberg in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt Romania * Do ...
(''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 The Carpathi ...
(''Munții Hășmașu Mare'') MMT


Căliman-Harghita Mountains The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'') are a group of mountain ranges in Romania. These ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the ...
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:RO: ''Munții Căliman-Harghita'' *
Bârgău Mountains The Bârgău Mountains () are a mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains, part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains in the Bistrița-Năsăud County, in the north of Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe ...
(''Munții Bârgăului'') MMT *
Călimani Mountains The Călimani Mountains (, ) are the largest volcanic complex of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Maximum height is reached in ...
(''Munții Călimani'') MMT *
Ciuc Mountains Ciuc Mountains (Romanian ''Munții Ciucului'', Hungarian ''Csíki-havasok'') are a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern ...
(''Munții Ciucului'') MMT *
Gurghiu Mountains The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu , Hungarian: Görgény ) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, in the Transylvania region. They cover an area of . The mountains are relatively low ...
(''Munții Gurghiului'') MMT *
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 and ...
(''Munții Harghita'') MMT *
Baraolt Mountains The Baraolt Mountains () is a mountain range, entirely in Covasna County of Romania. Geologically the Baraolts are part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system ...
(''Munții Baraolt'') MMT *
Perșani Mountains The Perșani Mountains (; ) is a mountain range in central ...
(''Munții Perșani'') MMT


Giurgeu-Brașov Depression The Giurgeu-Brașov Depression (in Romanian, ''Depresiunea Giurgeu-Brașovului'') is a series of intermontane basins in Romania. The basin is considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide ...
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:RO: ''Depresiunea Giurgeu-Brașovului'' * Giurgeu Depression (''Depresiunea Giurgeului'') MMT *
Ciuc Depression Ciuc may refer to: * Ciuc Mountains, a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania * Ciuc County, a former county in the Kingdom of Romania * Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; ; ) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romani ...
(''Depresiunea Ciucului'') MMT *
Brașov Depression Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 census, with 237,589 inhabitants, Brașov is ...
(''Depresiunea Brașovului'') MC *
Piatra Mare Mountains {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) The Piatra Mare Mountains (Hungarian: ''Nagykőhavas'', German: ''Hohensteingebirge'') is a small mountain range in Brașov County, southeast of Brașov, Romania, and also close to the resort ...
MC *
Postăvarul Massif The Postăvarul massif (Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian German ''Schuler'' and ''Schulerberg'', or Hungarian language, Hungarian ''Keresztényhavas'') is a massif in Romania; it is part of the Romanian Carpathians, which in turn are part of ...
MC


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 ...
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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 ...
Group

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Bucegi'' *
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 ...
(''Munții Bucegi'') *
Leaotă Mountains The Leaota Mountains are located in central Romania, north of the city of Târgoviște. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains, and have as neighbours the Bucegi Mountains to the east and Piatra Craiului to the ...
(''Munții Leaotă'') * Rucăr-Bran Pass (''Culoarul Rucăr-Bran'')


Făgăraș Mountains group The Făgăraș mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Făgăraș Mountains. Boundaries The Făgăraș group is bounded: *in the west, by the Olt Rive ...

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Făgărașului'' *
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'') *
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 ...
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Munții Iezer 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 the ...
''; literally:''Mountains of the Deep Lake'') *
Piatra Craiului The Piatra Craiului Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as ''Kings' Rock'' or ''The Rock of the Prince''. The mountain range is located in Brașov County, Brașov and Argeș Coun ...
(literally: ''Rock of the King'') *
Cozia Mountains Cozia may refer to several places in Romania: *Cozia Monastery, Vâlcea County * Cozia Mountains, Vâlcea County * Cozia National Park, Vâlcea County * Cozia, a village in Cornereva Commune, Caraș-Severin County * Cozia, a village in Cârjiți C ...
(''Munții Cozia'') * Loviște Depression (''Depresiunea Loviștei'')


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 ...

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Parângului'' *
Parâng Mountains The Parâng Mountains (; ) are one of the highest mountain ridges in Romania and Southern Carpathians, with the highest peak, Parângu Mare, reaching 2,519 m. Description The Parâng Mountains are located in the south-western part of the Centr ...
(''Munții Parângului'') *
Șureanu Mountains The Șureanu Mountains ( German: ''Mühlbacher Gebirge'', Hungarian: ''Kudzsiri-havasok''), belong to Romania's Parâng range in the Southern Carpathians, with peaks frequently exceeding . The mountains are located north of Romania's Jiu Vall ...
(''Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului'') *
Cindrel Mountains Cindrel Mountains (also known as Cândrel Mountains, Cibin Mountains, or the Szeben Alps) are a group of mountains in central Romania in the centre of the Southern Carpathians, in the North-East of the Parâng Mountains group. From the Transyl ...
(''Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului'') *
Lotru Mountains Lotru Mountains () are a group of mountains that are part of the Southern Carpathians mountain range, in southern Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europ ...
(''Munții Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'') *
Căpățână Mountains Căpățână or Căpățînă is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chesarie Căpățână (1784–1846), Wallachian bishop * Eugen Căpățână (born 1986), Romanian rugby union footballer * Ion Ionescu-Căpățână ...
(''Munții Căpățânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Skull'') *
Petroșani Depression Petroșani (; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Petrozsény''; German language, German: ''Petroschen'') is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 31,044 as of 2021. The city has been associated with minin ...
(''Depresiunea Petroșani'')


Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains. Boundaries The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded: *i ...

:RO: ''Grupa Munții Retezat-Godeanu'' *
Retezat Mountains The Retezat Mountains (, ) are one of the highest massifs in Romania, being part of the Southern Carpathians. The highest peak is Peleaga (Vârful Peleaga), at an altitude of . Other important peaks are Păpușa (Vârful Păpușa, "the Doll Pea ...
(''Munții Retezat''; literally: ''Hewed Mountains'') * Godeanu Mountains (''Munții Godeanu'') *
Vâlcan Mountains The Vâlcan Mountains are a chain of mountains in the Southern Carpathians in Gorj County, Romania. They are part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group, and run for approximately . The highest point is Oslea Peak at , and the second highest is ...
(''Munții Vâlcanului'') *
Mehedinți Mountains The Mehedinți Mountains () are a mountain range in southwestern Romania, part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group. The range represents the highest relief form in Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the bor ...
(''Munții Mehendinți'') * Cerna Mountains (''Munții Cernei'') *
Țarcu Mountains The Țarcu Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Romania, at the western edge of the Southern Carpathians. They are located between the Bistra Valley (to the south), Timiș River (to the east), Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group, Godeanu Mou ...
(''Munții Țarcu''; literally: ''Pen Mountains'')


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 ...
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:RO: ''Carpații Occidentali'' or ''Carpații Apuseni'' or ''Carpații de Apus''. The term ''Bihor Massif'' is sometimes used for the Apuseni Mountains and Poiana Ruscă.


Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have ab ...
(''Munții Apuseni'')

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Criș Mountains Criș may refer to several places: Localities in Romania * Criș, a village in Blăjeni Commune, Hunedoara County * Criș, a village in Daneș Commune, Mureș County Rivers in Romania * Körös, (Romanian: ''Criș''), in western Romania and so ...
'' (''Munții Criș'') : *
Criș Hills Criș may refer to several places: Localities in Romania * Criș, a village in Blăjeni Commune, Hunedoara County * Criș, a village in Daneș Commune, Mureș County Rivers in Romania * Körös, (Romanian: ''Criș''), in western Romania and so ...
(''Dealurile Crișene''), incl.
Beiuș Depression Beiuș (; ) is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (''Gyalány''). Between the late 18th and very early 20th centuries, Beiu� ...
(''Depresiunea Beiuș''),
Vad Depression VAD may refer to: Physiology, medicine etc. *Vascular dementia (VaD), dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain *Vertebral artery dissection, the development of a flap-like tear in the vertebral artery *Ventricular assist dev ...
(''Depresiunea Vad'') *
Pădurea Craiului Mountains The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these moun ...
(literally:''Forest of the King'') *
Codru-Moma Mountains The Codru-Moma Mountains (Munții Codru-Moma) are a part of the Apuseni Mountains. They are specifically located in the Arad and Bihor counties, within the Western Romanian Carpathians of Crișana, Romania Romania is a country located at ...
(''Munții Codru-Moma'') '' Seș-Meseș Mountains'' (''Munții Seș-Meseșului''): *
Meseș Mountains The Meseș Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Apuseni Mountains. The highest peak is , at . The mountains are located in Sălaj and Cluj counties, south of Zalău and northwest of Cluj-Napoca. The ...
(''Munții Meseșului'') * Seș Mountain (''Muntele Seș'') * Șimleu Depression (''Depresiunea Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan *
Șimleu Mountains The Șimleu Mountains () is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which bel ...
(''Munții Șimleu''), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podișul Someșan '' Bihor Massif'' (''Masivul Bihor''): *
Bihor Mountains Bihor Mountains (, ) is a mountain range in western Romania. It is part of the Apuseni Mountains, which are part of the Carpathian Mountains. The massif has a length of from the northwest to the southeast and a width of . It is located east of ...
(''Munții Bihorului'') * Great Mountain (''Muntele Mare'') *
Gilău Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have abo ...
(''Munții Gilăului'') '' Mureș Mountains'' (''Munții Mureșului''): *
Zarand Mountains Zarand may refer to: * Zarand, Iran, a city in Kerman Province, Iran * Zarand, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Zarand, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran * Zarand County Zarand County () is in Kerman Kerman (; ) ...
(''Munții Zarandului'') * Metalliferous Mountains (''Munții Metaliferi''), incl.
Trascău Mountains The Trascău Mountains () are located in the Apuseni mountain range of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania. The Trascău Mountains are crossed by the picturesque Arieș River valley. The highest elevation in the massif is Dâmbău Peak, ...
(''Munții Trascăului'')


Poiana Ruscă Mountains The Poiana Ruscă Mountains (part of the Western Carpathians) are a Carpathian mountain range in western Romania. The mountains are situated roughly south of the Mureș River, northeast of the Timiș River, and west of the Strei River. The Beg ...

:RO: ''Munții Poiana Ruscă'' (Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians) *
Poiana Ruscă Poiana may refer to: Geography Italy * Pojana Maggiore (Poiana Maggiore), a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy * Villa Pojana, or Poiana, a patrician villa in Pojana Maggiore, a UNESCO World Heritage site Moldova * Poiana, Șoldă ...
(literally: ''Ruscă Meadows'') * Lipova Plateau (''Podișul Lipovei'') * Bega-Timiș Groove (''Culoarul Bega-Timiș'') * Orăștie Groove (''Culoarul Orăștiei''), incl.
Hațeg Depression Hațeg (; ; ) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 8,793 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (''Nalácvád''), Silvașu de Jos (''Alsószilvás''), and Silvașu de Sus (''Felsőszilvás''). I ...
(''Depresiunea Hațegului'')


Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountai ...

:RO: ''Munții Banatului'' (Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians) *
Banat Mountains The Banat Mountains (; ) are a number of mountai ...
(''Munții Banatului'') sensu stricto, i.e.
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''), Locva Mountains (''Munții Locvei''), Anina Mountains (''Munții Aninei'') and
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'') * Almăj Mountains (''Munții Almăjului'') * Timiș-Cerna Gap (''Culoarul Timiș-Cerna''), incl. Almăj Depression (''Depresiunea Almăj'') *
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'')


Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
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:RO: ''Depresiunea Transilvaniei'', i.e. Transylvanian Depression. Some authors do not consider it to be part of the Carpathians. * Mureș-Turda Depression (''Depresiunea Mureș-Turda'') * Sibiu Depression (''Depresiunea Sibiului'') *
Făgăraș Depression Făgăraș (; , ) is a city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of a subregion, Țara Făg� ...
(''Depresiunea Făgărașului'') ''
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
'' (''Podișul Transilvaniei''): *
Târnava Plateau The Târnava (full name in ; ; ; ) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the Mureș after 23 km near the town of Teiuș. The two source riv ...
(''Podișul Târnavelor''), incl. Hârtibaci Plateau (''Podișul Hârtibaciului'') and Secașe Plateau (''Podișul Secașelor'') *
Transylvanian Plain The Transylvanian Plain (; , ) is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someșul Mare and the Someșul Mic rivers to the north and west and the Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mure ...
(''Câmpia Transilvaniei''), or
Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
(''Podișul Transivan(iei)'') sensu stricto *
Someș Plateau The Someș () or Szamos ( or ''Samosch'') is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary.Serbian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians () is a mountain range in eastern Central Serbia, located in Central Europe. It presents an extension of proper Carpathian Mountains across the Danube, connecting them with the Balkan Mountains in the southeast. They stretch in ...
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:Serbian: ''Karpatske planine'', i.e. "Carpathian Mountains". Sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians (together with the Banat Mountains), sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all. *
Miroč Miroč (Serbian Cyrillic: Мироч) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, between the towns of Donji Milanovac and Tekija. Its highest peak ''Štrbac'' has an elevation of above sea level. Along with Liškovac, it is part of the Iron Gate gorge ...
* Homolje mountains (''Homoljske planine'') *
Veliki Krš Veliki Krš ( sr-Cyrl, Велики Крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the city of Bor. Its highest peak ''Veliki Krš'' has an elevation of 1,148 meters above sea level. Like nearby Mali Krš and Stol, it is dominated by karst ...
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Mali Krš Mali Krš ( sr-Cyrl, Мали Крш) is a mountain in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, Garvan, has an elevation of 929 metres above sea level. While not particularly rugged, Mali Krš is remote, hidden between nearby mountains of Liškovac, Veli ...
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Deli Jovan Deli Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дели Јован, ) is a mountain in eastern Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem ...
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Beljanica Beljanica () is a mountains of Serbia, mountain in the Homolje region in eastern Serbia, near the town of Žagubica. Its highest peak has an elevation of 1,339 meters above sea level. References

Mountains of Serbia Serbian Carpathians ...
(''Beljanica planina'') * Kučaj (''Kučajske planine'') *
Rtanj Rtanj ( , ) is a mountain situated in eastern Serbia, approximately 200 km southeast of Belgrade, between the towns of Boljevac on north and Sokobanja on the south. It belongs to the Serbian Carpathians. Its highest peak is Šiljak () (1,56 ...
(''Rtanj planina'') * Ozren *
Devica Devica (Serbian Cyrillic: Девица) is a mountains of Serbia, mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Sokobanja. Its highest peak, ''Čapljinac'' (also called Manjin Kamen) has an elevation of above sea level. It belongs to the boundary ...


Outer Subcarpathian regions Outer Subcarpathia (; ; ; ) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the Carpathian arc, including foothills of the Outer Western Carpathians and Outer Eastern Carpathians. It stretches from northeastern ...
(subprovince)

The Outer Subcarpathian regions are divided into Western, Northern, etc. and are usually treated as part of the individual parts of the Carpathian Mountains, i.e. of Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, etc. Since, however, it was impossible to find their exact subdivision, they are given only as a list of the final units (''mountains'', etc.) from the west to the east and south here: * Weinviertel Foothills (DE: ''Weinviertler Hügelland''; CZ: ''Weinviertelská pahorkatina''; PL: ''Pogórze Weinviertel'') + Dyje-Svratka Valley (DE: ''Thaya-Schwarza-Talsenke''; CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'') → A1.1 *
Vyškov Gate The Vyškov Gate (, , , ) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Bohemian massif (Drahanská vrchovina) in the west. The drainage ...
(CZ: ''Vyškovská brána'') → A1.2 *
Upper Morava Valley The Upper Morava Valley () is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Zlín regions. Its name is derived from the Morava river that forms the axis of the territory. Geomorphology The Up ...
(CZ: ''Hornomoravský úval'') → A1.3 *
Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate (, , , ) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Sudetes in the west. ...
(CZ: ''Moravská brána'') → A1.4 *
Ostrava Basin The Ostrava Basin (, , ) is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic and Poland. It is located in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Geomorphology The Ostrava Ba ...
(CZ: ''Ostravská pánev'', PL: ''Kotlina Ostrawska'') → A1.5 *
Oświęcim Basin Oświęcim Basin (Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian Foothills and to the sou ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Oświęcimska'') → A1.6 *
Kraków Gate Kraków Gate may refer to: * Kraków Gate (Lublin) * Kraków Gate (Ojców National Park) {{disambig ...
(PL: ''Brama Krakowska'') → A1.7 *
Sandomierz Basin Sandomierz Basin () is a lowland, located in southeastern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Upland, Lublin Upland and the Western Carpathians. Its name comes from the historical city of Sandomierz, and the basin has a triangular shape with the s ...
(PL: ''Kotlina Sandomierska'') + San-Dniester Plain (PL: ''Płaskowyż Sańsko-Dniestrzański''; UA: ''Сянсько-Дністровська рівнина'') → B1.1 * Upper Dniester Valley (UA: ''Верхньодністровська улоговина'') → B1.2 * Drohobych Highlands (PL: ''Wysoczyzna Drohobycka''; UA: ''Дрогобицька височина'') → B1.3 *
Dniester Plain The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Uk ...
(UA: ''Придністровська рівнина'') → B1.4 * Pokutian Upland (UA: ''Покутська височина'') → B1.5 * Bukovinian Highlands (UA: ''Буковинське Прикарпаття''; RO: ''Podișul Bucovinei'') +
Suceava Plateau Suceava Plateau () is a geographic area in northeastern Romania (parts of Suceava, Botoșani, Iași, and Neamț counties), and southwestern Ukraine (parts of Chernivtsi Oblast). The Suceava Plateau comprises the northwestern part of the Moldavian ...
(RO: ''Podișul Sucevei'') → B1.6 * Moldavia-Siret Groove (RO: ''Culoarul Moldova-Siret'') → B1.7 *
Moldavian Subcarpathians Moldavian Subcarpathians () is a geographic area located in the northeast of Romania, to the east of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. The Moldavian Subcarpathians are considered to be part of the Moldavian Plateau. They are composed of: * () * ...
(RO: ''Subcarpații Moldovei'') → B1.8 * Muntenian Subcarpathians (RO: ''Subcarpații Munteniei'') → B1.9 * Getic Subcarpathians (RO: ''Subcarpații Getici'') + Getic Plateau (RO: ''Podișul Getic'') → C1.1


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Bibliography

* Kondracki, Jerzy. ''Karpaty.'' Ed.2 (updated). "Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne". Warsaw, 1989. () * Vladár,J. (editor). ''Encyklopédia Slovenska.'' Vol.4, letters T-Ž. "Veda". Bratislava, 1982. p. 497 * Plašienka,D
''Origin and growth of the Western Carpathian orogenetic wedge during the mesozoic.''
Geologica Carpathica Special Issues, 53, Proceedings of XVII. Congress of Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association Bratislava, September 1–4, 2002 * Mazúr, E., Lukniš M., ''Geomorphological division of SSR and ČSSR. Slovakian part.'' "Slovenská kartografia." Bratislava, 1986 * Rohlík, Jiří. ''Moravo-Silesian Beskids, Collection of tourist maps 1:50 000.'' "TRASA, s.r.o.". Prague, 2001. (). * Ludvík, Marcel. ''Beskids, Travel guide of ČSSR.'' "Olympia". Prague, 1987. (27-031-87). * *


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