Apuseni Mountains

The Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munții Apuseni, Hungarian: Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset", i.e., "western". The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at 1,849 metres (6,066 ft). The Apuseni Mountains have about 400 caves.

The main peaks of the Apuseni Mountains, with Bihorul on the right
Trascău Mountains
The Transylvanian Western Carpathians (Apuseni Mountains - the top ones)

Geography

The Apuseni Mountains do not present an uninterrupted chain of mountains, but possess many low and easy passes towards the Crișana and the Pannonian Plain. Going from south to north the principal groups are: the Munții Metaliferi ("Ore Mountains") with the basaltic masses of the Detunata (1,148 metres (3,766 ft)) near Abrud; the Bihor Mountains, with numerous caverns, with the highest peak the Bihorul (1,849 metres (6,066 ft));[1] to the east of this group are the Muntele Mare (highest peak 1,820 metres (5,970 ft)), to the southwest of Cluj-Napoca; the northernmost chain is the Seș and Meseș Mountains.

Boundaries

Subdivisions
  • Vlădeasa
    Vlădeasa
  • Piatra Secuiului
    Piatra Secuiului
  • Salina Turda
    Salina Turda
  • Cheile Turzii
    Cheile Turzii
  • Arieșeni
    Arieșeni
  • Cetatea Trascăului
    Cetatea Trascăului

See also

References
  1. "Geografia Fizică a României" (PDF). Editura Universitară. p. 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. "Románia Földrajza". Ordogborda.hu. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
  3. "GEOGRAPHICAL REGISTER - TRANSYLVANIA (Rumania)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  4. "HAJDÚ-MOHAROS JÓZSEF (1957 2001) HEVESI ATTILA HORVÁTH ZSOLT A Kárpát Pannon térség természeti tájbeosztása". Lazarus.elte.hu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
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