Parâng Mountains group

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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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Mountains 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The Parâng group is bounded:

• in the east, by the Olt River
• in the west, by the Jiu River

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Maps of Parâng and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps
• http://www.carpati.org/
• http://www.alpinet.org/