They comprise some 900 border miles of several Eastern European countries -- The Incomparable Carpathian Mountains!
Did you know that the Carpathian Mountains are border miles forming the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe. The Carpathian Mountains form the borders of Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Serbia, and northern Hungary.
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Carpathian Mountains at a glance
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe. They provide the habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears, wolves, chamois and lynxes, with the highest concentration in Romania,[http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa%20Baer.JPG ] [http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa%20Wolf.JPG ] [http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa%20Luchs.JPG ] as well as over one third of all European plant species.Carpathian montane conifer forests - Encyclopedia of Earth
The chain of mountain ranges stretches in an arc from the Czech Republic in the northwest to Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania in the east, to the Iron Gates on the Danube River between Romania and Serbia in the south. The highest range within the Carpathians are the Tatras, on the border of Poland and Slovakia, where the highest peaks exceed , followed by the Southern Carpathians in Romania, where the highest peaks exceed .
The Carpathian chain is usually divided into three major parts: the Western Carpathians (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary), the Eastern Carpathians (southeastern Poland, eastern Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania), and the Southern Carpathians (Romania, Serbia).
The most important cities in or near the Carpathians are Bratislava and Ko?ice in Slovakia; Kraków in Poland; Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Bra?ov in Romania; and Miskolc in Hungary.
Carpathian Mountains -- Carpathian Story: Run Seven Run
by George J. Hakun
Carpathian Story: Run Seven Run
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Based on the real-life experience of seven men (including the author's own father) who escaped war-torn Europe and the constant pursuit of Nazi agents from 1939 through 1945, Carpathian Story follows the endless trek for freedom that a generation endured with the dream of reaching America.
Carpathian Story captures the essence of what it meant to be on the run during one of the most turbulent times the world has ever known. Their desire to become Americans never dimmed in spite of the hardships of loneliness, fatigue, and the constant chase by Nazi agents posing as military police in search of soldiers missing from front lines. Their struggle to escape the Nazi regime turns their world upside-down and will provide the reader renewed distaste for what is recognized as one of the darkest periods in the history of mankind.
These seven men, gentle and strong, became legends in their time as they beat all odds and gained for themselves and their families the reality of a vision they held in their hearts - the dream of one day becoming Americans. And true Americans they did indeed become.
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Map of Carpathian subdivisions -- See info below.
Carpathian Mountains subdivisions
Western Carpathians:
1 Outer Western Carpathians:
Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians
Central Moravian Carpathians
Slovak-Moravian Carpathians
West-Beskidian Piedmont
Western Beskids
Central Beskids
Eastern Beskids
Podhale-Magura Area
2 Inner Western Carpathians:
Slovenske rudohorie (Slovak Ore Mountains)
Fatra-Tatra Area
Slovenske stredohorie
Lucensko-kosicka znizenina
Matra-Slanec Area/Northern Medium Mountains
South Eastern Carpathians (= Eastern Carpathians in a wider sense):
Eastern Carpathians:
3 Outer Eastern Carpathians:
Central Beskidian Piedmont
Low Beskids
Eastern Beskids
Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Eastern Subcarpathians
4 Inner Eastern Carpathians:
Vihorlat-Gutin Area
Bistrita Mountains
Caliman-Harghita Mountains
Giurgeu-Brasov Depression
Rakhiv Massif and Maramures Mountains
Maramures Depression
Rodna Mountains
5 Southern Carpathians (also known as Transylvanian Alps):
Fagaras Mountains group
Parang Mountains group
Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
6 Romanian Western Carpathians:
Apuseni Mountains
Poiana Rusca Mountains (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
Banat Mountains (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
7 Transylvanian Plateau (sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all):
Transylvanian Plateau
Mures-Turda Depression
Fagaras Depression
Sibiu Depression
8 Serbian Carpathians (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians, or not considered part of the Carpathians at all)
Outer Carpathian Depressions (they surround the Carpathians and are normally considered part of the corresponding adjacent above main groups)
Carpathian Mountains -- The Mountains of Romania
by James Roberts
The Mountains of Romania (A Cicerone Guide)
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Carpathian Mountains aka ...
German: Karpaten
Hungarian: Karpatok
Polish, Czech, and Slovak: Karpaty
Romanian: Muntii Carpati
Serbian: Karpati
Ukrainian: Karpaty
Origin of the Name: Carpathian
A bit of history about Carpathian Mountains name ...
The name 'Karpetes' may ultimately be from the Proto Indo-European root *sker-/*ker-, from which comes the Albanian word karpë "rock", perhaps by Dacian cognate which meant 'mountain,' rock, or rugged (cf. Old Norse harfr "harrow", Middle Low German shcarf "potsherd", Lithuanian kar~pas "cut, hack, notch", Latvian cìrpt "to shear, clip").Archaic Polish word karpa meant "rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks". The more common word skarpa is sharp cliff or other vertical terrain. Otherwise, the name may instead come from IE *kwerp "to turn", akin to Old English hweorfan "to turn, change" and Greek karpós "wrist", perhaps referring to the way the mountain range bends or veers in an L-shape.
In late Roman documents, the Eastern Carpathian Mountains were referred to as Montes Sarmatici. The Western Carpathians were called Carpates. The name Carpates is first recorded in Ptolemy's Geography. Around 310 AD the Carpathians are mentioned as Montes Serrorum by the Flavius Galerius Valerius Licinianus Licinius.
The name of the Carpi, a Dacian tribe may have been derived from the name of the Carpathian Mountains. Name recorded in late Roman Empire documents (Zosimus) as living until 381 on the Eastern Carpathian slopes. Alternatively the mountain range's name may be derived from the Dacian tribe.
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Carpathian Mountains Geography
The Carpathians begin on the Danube near Bratislava. They surround Transcarpathia and Transylvania in a large semicircle, sweeping towards the south-west, and end on the Danube near Orsova, in Romania. The total length of the Carpathians is over 1,500 km, and the mountain chain's width varies between 12 and 500 km. The greatest width of the Carpathians corresponds with its highest altitudes. The system attains its greatest breadth in the Transylvanian plateau and in the meridian of the Tatra group (the highest range, with Gerlachovsky stit, at 2,655 m (8,705 feet) above sea level in Slovak territory near the Polish border). It covers an area of 190,000 km² and, after the Alps, is the most extensive mountain system in Europe.Although commonly referred to as a mountain chain, the Carpathians do not actually form an uninterrupted chain of mountains. Rather, they consist of several orographically and geologically distinctive groups, presenting as great a structural variety as the Alps. The Carpathians, which in only a few places attain an altitude of over 2,500 m, lack the bold peaks, extensive snow-fields, large glaciers, high waterfalls, and numerous large lakes that are common in the Alps. No area of the Carpathian range is covered in snow year-round and there are no glaciers. The Carpathians at their highest altitude are only as high as the Middle Region of the Alps, with which they share a common appearance, climate, and flora.
The Carpathians are separated from the Alps by the Danube. The two ranges meet only at one point: the Leitha Mountains at Bratislava. The river also separates them from the Stara Planina, or "Balkan Mountains," at Orsova, Romania. The valley of the March and Oder separates the Carpathians from the Silesian and Moravian chains, which belong to the middle wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe. Unlike the other wings of the system, the Carpathians, which form the watershed between the northern seas and the Black Sea, are surrounded on all sides by plains, namely the Pannonian plain on the southwest, the plain of the Lower Danube (Romania) on the south, and the Galician plain on the northeast.
Ethnic Geography of the Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin
by Karoly Kocsis
Ethnic Geography of the Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin
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Distribution of various ethnic populations in a critical and turbulent region of Europe where seventeen languages are spoken.
Carpathian Mountains Geology
The Carpathian Mountains were formed during the Alpine orogeny.
Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora: The Carpathian Mountains Region
by Vít Bojnanský, Agáta Fargasová
Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora: The Carpathian Mountains Region
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The Carpathian flora occurs not only in the Carpathian Mountains, but also in large lowlands extending towards the south, north and east and involves introduced and invading flora of more than 7,500 species. Since the morphological characteristics of the seeds are usually constant they are very important for determination of systematic units. The present atlas of seeds with nearly 4,800 seed illustrations is supplemented with detailed seed descriptions, brief plant descriptions, locality and the native source of plants.
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The Carpathians (Dark) Series : Books 1-5
by Christine Feehan
The Carpathians (Dark) Series : Books 6-10
by Christine Feehan
The Carpathians (Dark) Series : Books 11-15
by Christine Feehan
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Klezmer Carpathian Music
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1. Old-time Sirba
2. Wedding Dance
3. Sirba-Friska
4. Zsidos From Gyimes
5. Livezile
6. Kolomeika
7. Stetl Tango
8. Hora Mare Din Bucovina
9. Forshpil And Khusidlekh
10. Medley: Taniec (Zsido) - 'Sztajerek Dziadka Jozka'/Taniec (Zsido) - 'Krakowiaczek'/Hanuka (Zsido) - 'Foxtrot'
11. Dave Meritz Waltz
12. Taniec (Zsido) - 'Cygan'
13. Bessarabian Note
14. Bukovinian Note Of Mohur
15. Harry Kandel's Hora
16. Honga Transkapela
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I hope you enjoyed this lens! Have you been to the Carpathian Mountains or a planning a trip? Oh, lucky duck! I wish I could go. Please do tell me about it.
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- 24websurf 24websurf Sep 7, 2009 @ 9:19 am
- As you know, I am a huge fan of the Dark Series by Christine Feehan so yes I was very familair with the Carpathian mountains. You have laid it out so beautifully. The pictures are stunning and I cannot wait to visit there!
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- lilkon lilkon Aug 2, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
- Would be an interesting trip. Next time around when I come back reincarnated.
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- Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
- One of my favorite book series is based in the Carpathian Mountains. They're Christine Feehan's fantasy books. They talk about the area quite a bit. I would love to visit the area.
Great lens
BJ
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