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The Romanian Carpathians (Romanian: Carpații românești) are a section of the Carpathian Mountains, within the borders of modern Romania. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of the Alps-Himalaya System and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces".
This is an overview of the geological subdivisions of the Romanian section of the Carpathian Mountains. The broadest divisions are shown in the map on the right. The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually called "units". The lowest-level detail for those units is maintained on separate pages.




Naming conventions


Traditional Romanian naming conventions differ from this list. In Romania, it is usual to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (North, Centre, South), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians.
The Transylvanian Plateau 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 Outer Carpathian Depressions 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.




Romanian divisions


The Romanian Carpathians chain is classified, according to the geomorphological and geological differences, into three major morphotectonic units:

Eastern Romanian Carpathians (Carpații Orientali) - with 3 main groups subdivided into 40 mountain groups
Southern Carpathians (Carpații Meridionali) - with 4 main groups subdivided into 24 mountain groups
Western Romanian Carpathians (Carpații Occidentali Românești) - with 3 main groups subdivided into 18 mountain groups




= Eastern Romanian Carpathians

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Romanian classification


The Eastern Carpathians are divided into three geographical groups; 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) (North group)
MMT = Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians (Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani) (Centre group)
MC = Curvature Carpathians (Munții Carpați de Curbură) (South group)



Other classification


Outer Eastern Carpathians
Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Inner Eastern Carpathians
"Volcanic Ridge" (the Romanian portion of the Vihorlat-Gutin Area group)
Bistrița Mountains
Căliman-Harghita Mountains
Giurgeu-Brașov Depression




= Southern Romanian Carpathians

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Bucegi Mountains Group
Făgăraș Mountains group
Parâng Mountains group
Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group




= Western Romanian Carpathians

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Apuseni Mountains
Poiana Ruscă Mountains
Banat Mountains




Transylvanian Plateau






See also


List of mountains in Romania
Bukovinian Subcarpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians




External links


Pictures and landscapes from the Romanian Carpathians

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• Western Romanian Carpathians
• Geography of Romania
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