Căliman-Harghita Mountains

Mountain range group in Romania

Pietrosu Peak, Călimani Mountains, Romania

The Căliman-Harghita Mountains (in Romanian, Munții Căliman-Harghita) are a group of mountain ranges in Romania.

These ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Romanian Carpathians (Carpații Orientali) into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian categorization includes all of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains within the central Eastern Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (Munţii Carpați Moldo-Transilvani).

The Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians include:

Bârgău Mountains (Munții Bârgăului)
Călimani Mountains (Munții Călimani), also known as the Kelemen Alps
Ciuc Mountains (Munții Ciucului)
Gurghiu Mountains (Munții Gurghiului), also known as the Görgeny Alps
Harghita Mountains (Munții Harghita), the "largest volcanic body in the whole of Europe" ^[1]
Baraolt Mountains (Munții Baraolt)
Perșani Mountains (Munții Perșani)

References

^ Geology of the Carpathian Region, G.Z. Földvary, 1988, page 223

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains

Western Carpathians

Inner Western	Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains
Outer Western	South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians Western Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids (Eastern section, Central section) Podhale-Magura Area

Map indicating the main divisions of the Carpathian Mountains

Eastern Carpathians

Inner Eastern	Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression
Outer Eastern	Central Beskidian Piedmont Central Beskids Eastern Beskids (Polonynian Beskids) Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians