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| Carpathians | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Gerlachovský štít |
| Elevation | 2,655 m (8,711 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 1,500 km (930 mi) |
| Width | 500 km (310 mi) |
| Area | 190,000 km2 (73,000 sq mi) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | |
| Geography | |
 The different sections of the Carpathians with the borders of constituent countries in black, and the rivers in blue | |
| Countries | |
| Range coordinates | 47°00′N 25°30′E / 47°N 25.5°E |
| Borders on | Alps |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/kɑːrˈpeɪθiənz/) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the Scandinavian Mountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi). The highest peaks in the Carpathians are in the Tatra Mountains, exceeding 2,600 m (8,500 ft), closely followed by those in the Southern Carpathians in Romania, exceeding 2,550 m (8,370 ft).
The range stretches from the Western Carpathians in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, clockwise through the Eastern Carpathians in Ukraine and Romania, to the Southern Carpathians in Romania and Serbia.[1][2][3][4] The term Outer Carpathians is frequently used to describe the northern rim of the Western and Eastern Carpathians.
The Carpathians provide habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears, wolves, chamois, and lynxes, with the highest concentration in Romania,[5][6][7] as well as over one-third of all European plant species.[8] The mountains and their foothills also have many thermal and mineral waters, with Romania having one-third of the European total.[9][10]
Romania is likewise home to the second-largest area of virgin forests in Europe after Russia, totaling 250,000 hectares (65%), most of them in the Carpathians,[11] with the Southern Carpathians constituting Europe's largest unfragmented forest area.[12] Rates of forest loss due to clearcutting, and deforestation due to illegal logging in the Carpathians are high.[13]
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- ^ Paun Es Durlić (2011). Sacred Language of the Vlach Bread. Balkankult. ISBN 978-86-84159-29-0. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Peter Christoph Sürth. "Braunbären (Ursus arctos) in Europa". Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Peter Christoph Sürth. "Wolf (Canis lupus) in Europa". Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Peter Christoph Sürth. "Eurasischer Luchs (Lynx lynx) in Europa". Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ "Carpathian montane conifer forests – Encyclopedia of Earth" (MediaWiki). www.eoearth.org. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ București, stațiune balneară – o glumă bună? Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine in Capital, 19 January 2009. Retrieved: 26 April 2011
- ^ Ruinele de la Baile Herculane si Borsec nu mai au nimic de oferit Archived 13 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine in Ziarul Financiar, 5 May 2010. Retrieved: 26 April 2011
- ^ Salvați pădurile virgine! Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine in Jurnalul Național, 26 October 2011. Retrieved: 31 October 2011
- ^ Europe: New Move to Protect Virgin Forests in Global Issues, 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Neslen, Arthur (31 May 2018). "Romania breaks up alleged €25m illegal logging ring". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 July 2019.