Parâng Mountains group

Parâng Mountains group

The Parâng 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 ("Munţii Parâng")
*Şureanu Mountains ("Munţii Şureanu"/"M. Sebeşului")
*Cindrel Mountains ("Munţii Cindrel"/"M. Cibinului")
*Lotru Mountains ("Munţii Lotrului"; literally: "Mountains of the Thief")
*Căpăţână Mountains ("Munţii Căpăţânii"; literally: "Mountains of the Head" or "Mountains of the Skull")

ee also

*Carpathian Mountains
*Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
*Făgăraş Mountains group
*Parângu Mare peak
*Rânca

External links

* [http://www.jiuvalley.com/engl/maps/index.asp Maps of Parâng and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps]
*http://www.carpati.org/
*http://www.alpinet.org/


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