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| | [[Image:Carpathians.jpg|thumb|right|NASA image of the Carpathians]] | | [[Image:Carpathians.jpg|thumb|right|NASA image of the Carpathians]] |
| − | The '''Carpathian Mountains''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Карпати; [[Romania|Romanian]]: Munţii Carpaţi; [[Polish]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]: Karpaty, [[Hungarian]]: Kárpátok) are a [[Europe|European]] mountain range extending 930 miles (1500 kilometers) in the central and east of the continent. The range extends into the countries of: the [[Czech Republic]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Serbia]], and northern [[Hungary]]. | + | The '''Carpathian Mountains''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Карпати; [[Romania]]n: Munţii Carpaţi; [[Polish]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]: Karpaty, [[Hungarian]]: Kárpátok) are a [[Europe]]an mountain range extending 930 miles (1500 kilometers) in the central and east of the continent. The range extends into the countries of: the [[Czech Republic]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Serbia]], and northern [[Hungary]]. |
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| | The range begins in southwest [[Slovakia]] and extends north into the [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-[[Slovakia|Slovak]] and into [[Poland]]. Along the Polish border are the [[Beskids]] and the [[Tatras]], which form the Northern Carpathians. The range continues to run east along the Polish border, then it goes down through west [[Ukraine]]. Further south, in [[Romania]], they are continued by the [[Transylvanian Alps]] (or Southern Carpathians), which extend to the Danube River. | | The range begins in southwest [[Slovakia]] and extends north into the [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-[[Slovakia|Slovak]] and into [[Poland]]. Along the Polish border are the [[Beskids]] and the [[Tatras]], which form the Northern Carpathians. The range continues to run east along the Polish border, then it goes down through west [[Ukraine]]. Further south, in [[Romania]], they are continued by the [[Transylvanian Alps]] (or Southern Carpathians), which extend to the Danube River. |
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| − | The highest peaks of the Carpathians are [[Gerlachovský]] (8,737 ft/2,663 m) in the Tatras and [[Moldoveanu]] (8,346 feet/2,544 m) in the Transylvanian Alps. | + | The highest peaks of the Carpathians are [[Gerlachovský]] (8,737 ft/2,663 m) in the Tatras and [[Moldoveanu]] (8,346 feet/2,544 m) in the Transylvanian Alps. |
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| | The Carpathians are generally divided into two groups: the Western and the Eastern. Inside these two groups are many subgroups.<ref>http://www.carpathians.pl/carpathians01.html</ref> | | The Carpathians are generally divided into two groups: the Western and the Eastern. Inside these two groups are many subgroups.<ref>http://www.carpathians.pl/carpathians01.html</ref> |
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| | [http://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/hill/eucarp.html] | | [http://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/hill/eucarp.html] |
| − | [[category:European Mountains]] | + | [[Category:European Mountains]] |