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Divisions of the Carpathians
This is a detailed overview of the subdivisions of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of the Alps-Himalaya System and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually called "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right.

Disputes

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 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)". In Romania, it is usual to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian approach is shown by adding the following codes to the names of the units:

  • MMB = Carpathians of Maramureş and Bucovina (Munţii Carpaţi ai Maramureşului şi Bucovinei)
  • MMT = Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (Munţii Carpaţi Moldo-Transilvani)
  • MC = Carpathians of the curve (Munţii Carpaţi de Curbură)

Taxonomy

The names are also given in the language of the corresponding country and marked by the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes:

Western Carpathians (province)

Outer Carpathian depressions (subprovince)

Note: The Outer Carpathian Depressions 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:

Outer Western Carpathians (subprovince)

South-Moravian Carpathians (CZ) / Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (AT) (area) (CZ: Jihomoravské Karpaty, AT: Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten)

Central Moravian Carpathians (CZ) (area) (CZ: Středomoravské Karpaty)

Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK) (area) (CZ/SK: Slovensko-moravské Karpaty)

West-Beskidian Piedmont (CZ / PL) (area) (CZ: Západobeskydské podhůří, PL: Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie)

Western Beskids (CZ / SK / PL) (area) (CZ: Západní Beskydy, SK: Západné Beskydy, PL: Beskidy Zachodnie)

cont. (Polish) Western Beskids (PL) (PL: Beskidy Zachodnie)

Central Beskids (SK) / cont. (Polish) Western Beskids (PL) (area) (SK: Stredné Beskydy, PL: Beskidy Zachodnie)

Eastern Beskids (SK) / cont. (Polish) Western Beskids (PL) (area) (SK: Východné Beskydy, PL: Beskidy Zachodnie)

Podhale-Magura Area (SK)/ Orava-Podhale Depression (PL) (area) (SK: Podhôľno-magurská oblasť, PL: Onizenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie)

A3) Inner Western Carpathians (subprovince)

a) Slovenské rudohorie (SK) (area)

EN: Slovak Ore Mountains

b) Fatra-Tatra Area (SK/PL/AT) * (area)

Slovak:Fatransko-tatranská oblasť

c) Slovenské stredohorie (SK) (area)

SK: Slovenské stredohorie

d) Lučenec-Košice Depression (SK/HU) (area)

SK: Lučensko-košická zníženina

e) Mátra-Slanec Area (SK) /Northern Medium Mountains (HU) (area)

SK: Matransko-slanská oblasť, HU: Északi-középhegység

B) Eastern Carpathians (province)

B1) Outer Carpathian depressions (subprovince)

see Appendix at the end

B2) Outer Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)

a) Central Beskidian Piedmont (PL)***

PL: Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie

b) Lower Beskids (SK) / Central Beskids (PL) (area)

SK: Nízke Beskydy, PL: Beskidy Środkowe

c) Eastern Beskids (PL) / (?)Wooded Carpathians (SK) / (?)Ukrainian Carpathians (UA) (area)

PL: Beskidy Wschodnie, SK: Poloniny, UA: Ukrains'ki Karpaty. Note that there are many variants for the divisions and names of these ranges.

Wooded Beskids (PL: Beskidy Lesiste + (?) UA: Lisystyi Beskyd):

Polonynian Ridge (UA: Polonyns'kyi chrebet):

d) Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians

RO: Munţii Carpaţi ai Moldo-Munteniei

B3) Inner Eastern Carpathians (subprovince)

a) Vihorlat-Gutin Area (SK) / Volcanic Ridge (UA) (area)

SK: Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť, UA: Vulkanichnyi chrebet

b) Bistriţa Mountains (RO)

RO: Munţii Bistriţei

c) Căliman-Harghita Mountains (RO)

RO: Munţii Căliman-Harghita

d) Giurgeu-Braşov Depression (RO)

RO: Depresiunea Giurgeu-Braşovului

e) other

C) Southern Carpathians (RO) (province)

C1) Outer Carpathian Depressions

see Appendix

C2) Bucegi Mountains Group

RO: Grupa Munţii Bucegi

C3) Făgăraş Mountains group

RO: Grupa Munţii Făgăraşului

C4) Parâng Mountains group

RO: Grupa Munţii Parângului

C5) Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group

RO: Grupa Munţii Retezat-Godeanu

D) Romanian Western Carpathians (RO)

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


D1) Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni)

Criş Mountains (Munţii Criş) :

Seş-Meseş Mountains (Munţii Seş-Meseşului):

Bihor Massif (Masivul Bihor):

Mureş Mountains (Munţii Mureşului):

D2) Poiana Ruscă Mountains

RO: Munţii Poiana Ruscă
(Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)

D3) Banat Mountains

RO: Munţii Banatului
(Note: sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)

E) Transylvanian Plateau (RO)

RO: Depresiunea Transilvaniei, i.e. Transylvanian Depression. Sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all.

Transylvanian Plateau (Podişul Transilvaniei):

F) Serbian Carpathians (RS)

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.

Footnotes

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