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The Western Romanian Carpathians (Romanian:Carpații Occidentali Românești), 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 Transylvanian Plateau, which is simultaneously their eastern limits, respectively to the Timiș-Cerna Gap of the Banat Mountains, the southern group of the Western Carpathians. The Western Carpathians is positioned between the rivers Danube, Barcău and Someș. They have a maximum altitude of 1849 m in the Bihor Mountains, ''Cucurbăta Mare'' Peak (Hungarian: Nagy-Bihar) - 1849 metres, also called Bihor Peak. Discontinuity is one of their basic characteristics. Geographical composition is varied, with a real "petrographic mosaic". (flysch, crystalline schists, limestones, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks) ==Mountain ranges== From north to south, three major mountain groups can be identified, separated by different river valleys. * Apuseni Mountains, north of Mureș * Poiana Ruscă Mountains, south of Mureș * Banat Mountains, the southwest corner of Romania, south of Timiș There are 18 subgroups in total. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Romanian Carpathians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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