Editing Carpathian Mountains (section)

==Divisions of the Carpathians==
{{main|Divisions of the Carpathians}}
[[File:mapcarpat2.png|right|thumb|upright=1.35|A map of the main divisions of the Carpathians. {{olist
    |[[Outer Western Carpathians]]
    |[[Inner Western Carpathians]]
    |[[Outer Eastern Carpathians]]
    |[[Inner Eastern Carpathians]]
    |[[Southern Carpathians]]
    |[[Apuseni Mountains|Western Romanian Carpathians]]
    |[[Transylvanian Plateau]]
    |[[Serbian Carpathians]]
}}]]
In [[geopolitical]] terms, Carpathian Mountains are often grouped and labeled according to national or regional borders, but such division has turned out to be relative, since it was, and still is dependent on frequent historical, political and administrative changes of national or regional borders. According to modern geopolitical division, Carpathians can be grouped as: Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovakian, Czech and Austrian. Within each nation, specific classifications of the Carpathians have been developing, often reflecting local traditions, and thus creating terminological diversity, that produces various challenges in the fields of comparative classification and international systematization.
[[File:Koniaków miyszani owiec (redyk wiosenny) 06.jpg|thumb|Shepherds in [[Beskids]]]]
A major part of the western and northeastern [[Outer Eastern Carpathians]] in Poland, Ukraine, and Slovakia is traditionally called the [[Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians|Eastern Beskids]].The border between the eastern and southern Carpathians is formed by the [[Predeal]] Pass, south of Brașov and the [[Prahova Valley]].

The geological border between the Western and Eastern Carpathians runs approximately along the line (south to north) between the towns of [[Michalovce]], [[Bardejov]], [[Nowy Sącz]] and [[Tarnów]]. In older systems the border runs more in the east, along the line (north to south) along the rivers [[San River|San]] and [[Osława]] (Poland), the town of [[Snina]] (Slovakia) and river Tur'ia (Ukraine). Biologists shift the border even further to the east.

[[File:Rzekabiałka.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Tatra Mountains|Tatra]] Mountains in southern [[Poland]]]]
The section of the Carpathians within the borders of [[Romania]] is commonly known as the [[Romanian Carpathians]]. In local use, Romanians sometimes denote as "Eastern Carpathians" only the Romanian part of the Eastern Carpathians, which lies on their territory (i.e., from the Ukrainian border or from the Prislop Pass to the south), which they subdivide into three simplified geographical groups (northern, central, southern), instead of Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. These groups are:

* Maramureș-Bukovinian Carpathians (Romanian: ''Carpații Maramureșului și ai Bucovinei'')
* Moldavian-Transylvanian Carpathians (Romanian: ''Carpații Moldo-Transilvani'')
* [[Curvature Carpathians]] (Romanian: ''Carpații Curburii, Carpații de Curbură'')

The section of the Carpathians within the borders of [[Ukraine]] is commonly known as the [[Ukrainian Carpathians]]. Classification of eastern sections of the Carpathians is particularly complex, since it was influenced by several overlapping traditions. Terms like
[[Wooded Carpathians]], [[Polonynian Beskids|Poloniny Mountains]] or [[Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians|Eastern Beskids]] are often used in varying scopes by authors belonging to different traditions.

<gallery widths="200" heights="160">
File:Veliki buk02.JPG|[[Beljanica]] region waterfall
File:Slovakia Vratna 11.jpg|Vrátna dolina, [[Slovakia]]
File:Marmarosch.jpg|[[Maramureș]]. Mountains in the north of [[Romania]] and the west of [[Ukraine]]
File:«Ловачка». Погляд із мукачівського замку P1380061.jpg|[[Mukachevo]], Western [[Ukraine]]
File:0.2014 Sanok, von Kościuszkistrasse aus gesehen.JPG|View from [[Sanok]] in [[Poland]]
File:Kežmarok z Kamennej bane.jpg|[[Kežmarok]] in Slovakia
File:Aleksander Kotsis Pogrzeb górala 1860.jpg|[[Gorals]] in the Polish Carpathians
File:Szczawnica in Poland 1939.jpg|Szczawnica in Poland, [[Pieniny]], 1939
File:"Grojcowianie" folklore group in Żywiec Beskids clothing.jpg|The Feast of the [[Assumption of Mary]] in the Polish Carpathians
</gallery>

===Highest peaks===
This is an (incomplete) list of the peaks of the Carpathians having summits over {{Convert|2500|m|ft}}, with their heights, geologic divisions, and locations.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Peak
! Geologic divisions
! Nation (Nations)
! County (Counties)
! Height (m)
! Height (ft)
|-
| [[Gerlachovský štít]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2655|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Gerlachovská veža]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2642|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Lomnický štít]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2633|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Ľadový štít]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2627|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Pyšný štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2623|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Zadný Gerlach
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2616|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Lavínový štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2606|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Malý Ľadový štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2602|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Kotlový štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2601|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Lavínová veža
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2600|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Malý Pyšný štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2591|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Veľká Litvorová veža
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2581|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Strapatá veža
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2565|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Kežmarský štít
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2556|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Vysoká (Tatra mountain)|Vysoká]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2547|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Moldoveanu]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Argeș County|Argeș]]
| {{convert|2544|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Negoiu]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]]
| {{convert|2535|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Viștea Mare]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Brașov County|Brașov]]
| {{convert|2527|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Parângu Mare]]
| [[Parâng Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Alba County|Alba]], [[Gorj County|Gorj]], [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]]
| {{convert|2519|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Lespezi (mountain)|Lespezi]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]]
| {{convert|2517|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Peleaga]]
| [[Retezat Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]]
| {{convert|2509|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Păpușa]]
| [[Retezat Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]]
| {{convert|2508|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Vânătoarea lui Buteanu]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Argeș County|Argeș]]
| {{convert|2507|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Omu (mountain)
| [[Bucegi Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Prahova County|Prahova]], [[Brașov County|Brașov]], [[Dâmbovița County|Dâmbovița]]
| {{convert|2514|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Cornul Călțunului
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]]
| {{convert|2505|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Ocolit (Bucura)
| [[Bucegi Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Prahova County|Prahova]], [[Brașov County|Brașov]], [[Dâmbovița County|Dâmbovița]]
| {{convert|2503|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Rysy]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]]
| [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship]], [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2503|m|disp=table}}
|-
| Dara
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]]
| {{convert|2500|m|disp=table}}
|}

===Highest peaks by country===
This is a list of the highest national peaks of the Carpathians, their heights, geologic divisions, and locations.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Peak
! Geologic divisions
! Nation (Nations)
! County (Counties)
! Height (m)
! Height (ft)
|-
| [[Gerlachovský štít]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Prešov Region]]
| {{convert|2655|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Moldoveanu]]
| [[Făgăraș Mountains]]
| [[Romania]]
| [[Argeș County|Argeș]]
| {{convert|2544|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Rysy]]
| [[High Tatras]]
| [[Poland]]
| [[Tatra County]]
| {{convert|2499|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Hoverla]]
| [[Eastern Beskids]] ([[Chornohora]])
| [[Ukraine]]
| [[Nadvirna Raion]], [[Rakhiv Raion]]
| {{convert|2061|m|disp=table}}
|-
|[[Rtanj]]
|[[Serbian Carpathians]]
|[[Serbia]]
|[[Zaječar District]]
|{{convert|1565|m|disp=table}}
|-
|[[Lysá hora]]
|[[Moravian-Silesian Beskids]]
|[[Czech Republic]]
|[[Moravian-Silesian Region]]
|{{convert|1323|m|disp=table}}
|-
|[[Kékes]]
|[[Mátra-Slanec Area]] ([[Mátra]])
|[[Hungary]]
|[[Heves County]]
|{{convert|1014|m|disp=table}}
|-
| [[Hundsheimer Berg]]
| [[Hundsheimer Berge]] 
|[[Austria]] 
|[[Niederösterreich]]
|{{convert|481|m|disp=table}}
|}

===Cities and towns===
Important cities and towns in or near the Carpathians are, in approximate descending order of population:

{{Div col|colwidth=17em}}
* [[Kraków]] (Poland)
* [[Banská Bystrica]] (Slovakia)
* [[Bratislava]] (Slovakia)
* [[Cluj-Napoca]] (Romania)
* [[Chernivtsi]] (Ukraine)
* [[Brașov]] (Romania)
* [[Košice]] (Slovakia)
* [[Ivano-Frankivsk]] (Ukraine)
* [[Oradea]] (Romania)
* [[Bielsko-Biała]] (Poland)
* [[Miskolc]] (Hungary)
* [[Sibiu]] (Romania)
* [[Târgu Mureș]] (Romania)
* [[Baia Mare]] (Romania)
* [[Uzhhorod]] (Ukraine)
* [[Tarnów]] (Poland)
* [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]] (Romania)
* [[Prešov]] (Slovakia)
* [[Mukachevo]] (Ukraine)
* [[Drohobych]] (Ukraine)
* [[Piatra Neamț]] (Romania)
* [[Nowy Sącz]] (Poland)
* [[Suceava]] (Romania)
* [[Vršac]] (Serbia)
* [[Târgu Jiu]] (Romania)
* [[Drobeta-Turnu Severin]] (Romania)
* [[Reșița]] (Romania)
* [[Žilina]] (Slovakia)
* [[Bistrița]] (Romania)
* [[Banská Bystrica]] (Slovakia)
* [[Zvolen]] (Slovakia)
* [[Deva, Romania|Deva]] (Romania)
* [[Zlín]] (Czech Republic)
* [[Hunedoara]] (Romania)
* [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]] (Slovakia)
* [[Zalău]] (Romania)
* [[Przemyśl]] (Poland)
* [[Krosno]] (Poland)
* [[Sanok]] (Poland)
* [[Alba Iulia]] (Romania)
* [[Sfântu Gheorghe]] (Romania)
* [[Turda]] (Romania)
* [[Mediaș]] (Romania)
* [[Poprad]] (Slovakia)
* [[Spišská Nová Ves]] (Slovakia)
* [[Petroșani]] (Romania)
* [[Miercurea Ciuc]] (Romania)
* [[Făgăraș]] (Romania)
* [[Odorheiu Secuiesc]] (Romania)
* [[Boryslav]] (Ukraine)
* [[Jasło]] (Poland)
* [[Cieszyn]] (Poland)
* [[Nowy Targ]] (Poland)
* [[Żywiec]] (Poland)
* [[Zakopane]] (Poland)
* [[Petrila]] (Romania)
* [[Cugir]] (Romania)
* [[Târgu Neamț]] (Romania)
* [[Câmpulung Moldovenesc]] (Romania)
* [[Gheorgheni]] (Romania)
* [[Rakhiv]] (Ukraine)
* [[Vatra Dornei]] (Romania)
* [[Rabka-Zdrój]] (Poland)
* [[Bor, Serbia|Bor]] (Serbia)
{{div col end}}