Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group

Bucura Lake, largest glacial lake in Romania

Glacial lakes in the Retezat Mountains

The Retezat-Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains.

Boundaries

The Retezat-Godeanu group is bounded:

• in the east, by the Jiu River;
• in the west, by the Timiş-Cerna Gap (the Cerna River and the Timiş River);
• in the north, by the Bistra River and the Haţeg depression.

Mountains

• Retezat Mountains (Munţii Retezat; literally: Hewed Mountains)
• Godeanu Mountains (Munţii Godeanu)
• Vâlcan Mountains (Munţii Vâlcan)
• Mehedinţi Mountains (Munţii Mehendinţi)
• Cerna Mountains (Munţii Cernei)
• Ţarcu Mountains (Munţii Ţarcu; literally: Pen Mountains)

See also

• Carpathian Mountains
• Parâng Mountains group

External links

• Winter images from the Retezat Godeanu Mountain group
• http://www.alpinet.org/

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains Western Carpathians Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area Eastern Carpathians Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians Southern Carpathians Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group Western Romanian Carpathians Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains Serbian Carpathians Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršački Breg Transylvanian Plateau (disputed) Outer Carpathian depressions