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The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/ k ɑːr ˈ p eɪ θ i ən z /) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the Scandinavian Mountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi).
The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya System that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on ...
The Ukrainian Carpathians (Ukrainian: Українські Карпати, romanized: Ukrainski Karpaty) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territories of four Ukrainian regions (oblasts), covering northeastern part ...
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 ...
The Carpathian site covers a total area of 77,971.6 ha (192,672 acres), out of which only 29,278.9 ha (72,350 acres) are part of the actual preserved area, while the rest is considered a "buffer zone". Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians cover areas of Zakarpattia and Prešov Regions. Over 70% of the site is located in Ukraine.
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; [ 1][ 2] Romanian: Carpații Meridionali [ k a r ˈ p a ts ij ˌ m e r i d i. o ˈ n a lʲ]; Hungarian: Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. [ 3] They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Prahova River in the east ...
The Western Carpathians are an arc -shaped mountain range, the northern branch of the Alpine - Himalayan fold and thrust system called the Alpide belt, which evolved during the Alpine orogeny. In particular, their pre- Cenozoic evolution is very similar to that of the Eastern Alps, and they constitute a transition between the Eastern Alps and ...
Transcarpathia[a] (Ukrainian: Закарпаття, romanized: Zakarpattia) [b] is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, with smaller parts in eastern Slovakia (largely in Prešov Region and Košice Region) and the Lemko Region in Poland.