The Western Romanian Carpathians ( Romanian : Carpații Occidentali Românești , Hungarian : Nyugati-Kárpátok ), along with the Eastern Romanian Carpathians and the Southern Carpathians is one of the three main mountain ranges of Romania . Their name is given based on their geographical position, west, to the Transylvanian Plateau , which is simultaneously their eastern limits, respectively to the Timiș-Cerna Gap of the Banat Mountains , the southern group of the Western Carpathians.
3-774: The Poiana Ruscă Mountains (part of the Western Carpathians ) are a Carpathian mountain range in western Romania . The mountains are situated roughly south of the Mureș River , northeast of the Timiș River , and west of the Strei River . The Bega River emerges from these mountains. The nearest large towns are Lugoj , Hunedoara , and Caransebeș . The Poiana Ruscă Mountains cover an area of about 2,640 square kilometres (1,020 sq mi), having mean altitudes from 700 to 1,000 metres (2,300 to 3,300 ft). The highest summit
6-495: Is the Padeș Peak [ ro ] , at 1,382 metres (4,534 ft). The mountains contain resources such as magnetite , iron , thorium and lead , and as such are the site of many mines . In the nineteenth century, the mountains were also centers of gold , silver , and salt mining and production. However, after 1990 some mines were closed and others abandoned, leaving waste ore and radioactive mines still unprotected in
9-475: The mountain range. 45°40′N 22°20′E / 45.667°N 22.333°E / 45.667; 22.333 Western Romanian Carpathians The Western Carpathians are positioned between the rivers Danube , Barcău and Someș . They have a maximum elevation of 1849 m in the Bihor Mountains , Cucurbăta Mare Peak ( Hungarian : Nagy-Bihar) - 1849 metres, also called Bihor Peak. Discontinuity
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