Parâng Mountains group
Subgroup of the Southern Carpathian Mountains
The Parâng (Hungarian: Páring-hegység) mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.
Boundaries
The Parâng group is bounded:
- in the east, by the Olt River
- in the west, by the Jiu River
Mountains
- Parâng Mountains (Munții Parâng)
- Șureanu Mountains (Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului)
- Cindrel Mountains (Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului)
- Lotru Mountains (Munții Lotrului; literally: Mountains of the Thief)
- Căpățână Mountains (Munții Căpățânii; literally: Mountains of the Head or Mountains of the Skull)
See also
- Carpathian Mountains
- Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
- Făgăraș Mountains group
- Parângu Mare peak
- Rânca
References
External links
- Small gallery from the Parang Mountains group
- Maps of Parâng and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps
- http://www.carpati.org/
- http://www.alpinet.org/
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Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
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Outer Western |
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Outer Eastern |
- Bucegi Mountains
- Făgăraș Mountains group
- Parâng Mountains group
- Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
- Hungarian Carpathians
- Polish Carpathians
- Romanian Carpathians
- Serbian Carpathians
- Slovak Carpathians
- Ukrainian Carpathians
45°20′24″N 23°32′23″E / 45.3400°N 23.5396°E / 45.3400; 23.5396
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