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)

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/

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