The Transylvanian Western Carpathians (Apuseni Mountains - the top ones)

The Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munţii Apuseni; Hungarian: Erdélyi-Szigethegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset" i.e. "western". The highest peak is "Cucurbăta Mare" (Hungarian: Nagy-Bihar) - 1849 metres. The Apuseni Mountains have about 400 caves. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x714, 740 KB) CarpaÅ£ii Apuseni in Romania File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Carpathian Mountains Apuseni Mountains ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x714, 740 KB) CarpaÅ£ii Apuseni in Romania File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Carpathian Mountains Apuseni Mountains ... For exotic financial options, see Mountain range (options). ... This article is about the region in Romania. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... For other uses, see Cave (disambiguation). ...

Boundaries

• in the north: the Barcău River
• in the south: the Mureş River

The MureÅŸ (in Romanian, in Hungarian: Maros, in German: Mieresch / Marosch) is an approx. ...

Mountains

Criş Mountains (Munţii Crişului) :

• Criş Hills (Dealurile Crişene), incl. Beiuş Depression (Depresiunea Beiuş), Vad Depression (Depresiunea Vad)
• Pădurea Craiului (literally:Forest of the King)
• Codru-Moma Mountains (Munţii Codru-Moma)

Seş-Meseş Mountains (Munţii Seş-Meseşului): The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the Vad-Borod Depression and BeiuÅŸ Depression. ...

• Meseş Mountains (Munţii Meseşului)
• Seş Mountain (Muntele Seş)
• Şimleu Depression (Depresiunea Şimleu), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podişul Someşan
• Şimleu Mountains (Munţii Şimleu), often considered part of the Transylvanian Basin-Podişul Someşan

Bihor Massif (Masivul Bihor): Bihor Mountains (Romanian: Munţii Bihorului) are located in Romania, in the Romanian Western Carpathians mountain range. ...

• Bihor Mountains (Munţii Bihorului)
• Vlădeasa Mountains (Munţii Vlădeasa)
• Muntele Mare Mountains (literally: Big Mountain), (Munţii Muntele Mare)
• Gilău Mountains (Munţii Gilăului)

Mureş Mountains (Munţii Mureşului): Bihor Mountains (Romanian: MunÅ£ii Bihorului) are located in Romania, in the Romanian Western Carpathians mountain range. ...

• Zarand Mountains (Munţii Zarandului)
• Metalliferous Mountains (Munţii Metaliferi), incl. Trascău Mountains (Munţii Trascăului)

External links

• Apuseni Mountains - photographs + information in Czech
• Pictures of the Apuseni Mountains

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