Căliman-Harghita Mountains

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 Carpathians in Romanian territory 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 Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (Munţii Carpați Moldo-Transilvani).

The Moldavian-Muntenian 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 West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area

Eastern Carpathians

Inner Eastern	Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression

Outer Eastern	Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians

Southern Carpathians

Western Romanian Carpathians

Serbian Carpathians

Transylvanian Plateau (disputed)

Outer Carpathian depressions

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