Editing Caraș-Severin County (section)

== Geography ==

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With 8,514&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, it is the third largest county in Romania, after [[Timiș County|Timiș]] and [[Suceava County|Suceava]] counties. It is also the county through which the river [[Danube]] enters Romania.

The mountains make up 67% of the county's surface, including the [[Southern Carpathians]] range, with [[Banat Mountains]], [[Țarcu Mountains|Țarcu-Godeanu Mountains]] and [[Cernei Mountains]] and elevations between 600 and 2100 meters. Transition hills between mountains and the [[Banat Plain]] lie in the western side of the county.

The [[Danube]] enters Romania in the vicinity of [[Baziaș]], bordering [[Serbia]]. [[Timiș (river)|Timiș]], [[Cerna (Danube)|Cerna]], [[Caraș River|Caraș]] and [[Nera (Danube)|Nera]] cross the county, some of them through spectacular valleys and gorges.

=== Neighbours ===

* [[Hunedoara County]] and [[Gorj County]] to the east.
* [[Timiș County]] to the north.
* [[Mehedinți County]] to the southeast.
* [[Serbia]] to the southwest:
** [[Vojvodina]] Autonomous Province to the west – [[South Banat District|South Banat okrug]].
** [[Bor District]] and [[Braničevo District]] to the south.