Wooded Carpathians

The term Wooded Carpathians (Ukrainian: Лісисті Карпати; Polish: Karpaty Lesiste; Hungarian: Erdős-Kárpátok; German: Waldkarpaten) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both inner and outer regions of that section. Geographical scope of the term varies, since it is often used in broader or narrower sense, according to different classifications and terminological conventions. It is traditionally and most commonly applied to a wider group of mountain ranges that encompasses all mountains within central section of Outer Eastern Carpathians, including Eastern Beskids with Polonynian Beskids, and also all mountains within northern section of Inner Eastern Carpathians, including Vihorlat-Gutin Area and Maramureș-Rodna Area. In that sense, Wooded Carpathians are stretching from the southeastern corner of Poland and far eastern corner of Slovakia, through western parts of Ukraine, encompassing all of the Ukrainian Carpathians, and continuing into the northern region of Romania.[1]

Wooded Carpathians: within Eastern Carpathians marked in B2 section with c1 to c12, and in B3 section with a1 to a7 and e1 to e3

The term Wooded Carpathians should not be confused with partially overlapping terms like Ukrainian Carpathians, Eastern Beskids or Wooded Beskids, that are defined by different criteria.

Subdivisions

The woods of Goverla Mountain, highest mountain of Wooded Carpathians in modern Ukraine

In wider sense, Wooded Carpathians include:

See also

References

Sources

  • Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ilie Gherhes, "Romanian Human Habitat and Atypical Volohs' Living in the Wooded Carpathians (Ukraine)", Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning, 4/2 (2013), pp. 341-345.
  • Michael Schneeberger, Frank-Michael Lange, Die rumänischen Waldkarpaten: Maramureş, Vişeu de Sus und ein Abstecher in die Bukowina, Schelzky und Jeep 1998.
  • Filip Świstuń, Galicyjskie Beskidy i Karpaty Lesiste: Zarys orograficzn, Rzeszow 1876.
  • Tasenkevich, Lydia (2009). "Polonynas: Highlands Pastures in the Ukrainian Carpathians". Grasslands in Europe: Of High Nature Value. Zeist: KNNV Publishing. pp. 203–208.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.