Editing Carpathian Mountains (section)

{{Short description|Mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe}}
{{Distinguish|Karpathos|Montes Carpatus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Carpathians
| native_name = {{plainlist|
* {{native_name|cs|Karpaty}}
* {{native_name|de|Karpaten}}
* {{native_name|hu|Kárpátok}}
* {{native_name|pl|Karpaty}}
* {{native_name|ro|Carpați}}
* {{native_name|sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Карпати}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Karpati}}}}
* {{native_name|sk|Karpaty}}
* {{native_name|uk|Карпати, {{Transliteration|uk|Karpaty}}}}
* {{native_name|rue|Карпаты, {{Transliteration|rue|Karpaty}}}}}}
| photo = Morskie Oko in 2020.jpg
| photo_size = 325px
| photo_caption = [[Tatra Mountains]] – [[Morskie Oko]], [[Mięguszowiecki Summits|Mengusovské štíty]], [[Cubryna]], [[Mnich (mountain)|Mnich]]
| country = {{hlist|[[Czech Republic]]|[[Poland]]|[[Hungary]]|[[Austria]]|[[Slovakia]]|[[Ukraine]]|[[Romania]]|[[Serbia]]}}
| borders_on = [[Alps]]
| geology = 
| orogeny = [[Alpine orogeny]]
| area_km2 = 190000
| length_km = 1500
| length_orientation = 
| width_km = 500
| width_orientation = 
| highest = [[Gerlachovský štít]]
| elevation_m = 2655
| coordinates = 
| range_coordinates = {{Coord|47|N|25.5|E|region:PL_type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map_image = Mapcarpat.png
| map_caption = The different sections of the Carpathians with the borders of constituent countries in black, and the rivers in blue
}}
[[File:Castris rubris tabula peutingeriana1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The Eastern Carpathians as 'Alpes [[Bastarnae|Bastarnice]]' on ''[[Tabula Peutingeriana]]'']]

The '''Carpathian Mountains''' or '''Carpathians''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɑr|ˈ|p|eɪ|θ|i|ən|z}}) are a range of mountains forming an arc across [[Central Europe]] and [[Southeast Europe]]. Roughly {{convert|1500|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]] at {{convert|2500|km|mi|abbr=on}} and the [[Scandinavian Mountains]] at {{convert|1700|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The highest peaks in the Carpathians are in the [[Tatra Mountains]], exceeding {{convert|2600|m|ft|abbr=on}}, closely followed by those in the [[Southern Carpathians]] in Romania, exceeding {{convert|2550|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

The range stretches from the [[Western Carpathians]] in [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Poland]], clockwise through the [[Eastern Carpathians]] in [[Ukraine]] and [[Romania]], to the [[Southern Carpathians]] in Romania and Serbia.<ref name="carpathians.pl">[http://www.carpathians.pl/carpathians01.html About the Carpathians – Carpathian Heritage Society<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406010559/http://www.carpathians.pl/carpathians01.html |date=6 April 2010 }}</ref><ref name="visiteurope.com">[http://www.visiteurope.com/en/region/carpathians] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012132014/http://www.visiteurope.com/en/region/carpathians|date=12 October 2017}} "The Carpathians" European Travel Commission, in The Official Travel Portal of Europe, Retrieved 15 November 2016</ref><ref name="carpathianconvention.org">[http://www.carpathianconvention.org/tl_files/carpathiancon/Downloads/03%20Meetings%20and%20Events/Working%20Groups/Spatial%20Planning/200805_Strategic%20Workshop%20on%20Spatial%20Planning/15BS.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055104/http://www.carpathianconvention.org/tl_files/carpathiancon/Downloads/03%20Meetings%20and%20Events/Working%20Groups/Spatial%20Planning/200805_Strategic%20Workshop%20on%20Spatial%20Planning/15BS.pdf|date=19 November 2016}} The Carpathian Project: Carpathian Mountains in Serbia, Institute for Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade (2008), Retrieved: 15 November 2016</ref><ref name="books.google.rs">{{cite book |author=Paun Es Durlić |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HYogayZpdUC&q=homolje+carpathian+serbia&pg=PA7 |title=Sacred Language of the Vlach Bread |publisher=Balkankult |year=2011 |isbn=978-86-84159-29-0 |access-date=15 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195146/https://books.google.rs/books?id=6HYogayZpdUC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=homolje+carpathian+serbia&source=bl&hl=en#v=onepage&q=homolje%20carpathian%20serbia&f=false |archive-date=29 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The term [[Outer Carpathians]] is frequently used to describe the northern rim of the Western and Eastern Carpathians.

The Carpathians provide habitat for the largest European populations of [[Eurasian brown bear|brown bear]]s, [[Eurasian wolf|wolves]], [[chamois]], and [[Carpathian lynx|lynx]]es, with the highest concentration in Romania,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa+Baer.JPG|title=Braunbären (Ursus arctos) in Europa|author=Peter Christoph Sürth|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080815194643/http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa%20Baer.JPG|archive-date=15 August 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa+Wolf.JPG|title=Wolf (Canis lupus) in Europa|author=Peter Christoph Sürth|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080815194650/http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa%20Wolf.JPG|archive-date=15 August 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.human-wildlife.info/images/Europa+Luchs.JPG|title=Eurasischer Luchs (Lynx lynx) in Europa|author=Peter Christoph Sürth|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080815194634/http%3A//www.human%2Dwildlife.info/images/Europa%2520Luchs.JPG|archive-date=15 August 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref> as well as over one-third of all European plant species.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Carpathian_montane_conifer_forests|title=Carpathian montane conifer forests – Encyclopedia of Earth|website=www.eoearth.org|format=[[MediaWiki]]|access-date=4 August 2010}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> The mountains and their [[foothills]] also have many [[Hot spring|thermal]] and [[mineral water]]s, with Romania having one-third of the European total.<ref>[http://www.capital.ro/detalii-articole/stiri/bucuresti-statiune-balneara-o-gluma-buna-115796.html București, stațiune balneară – o glumă bună?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314025304/http://www.capital.ro/detalii-articole/stiri/bucuresti-statiune-balneara-o-gluma-buna-115796.html|date=14 March 2012}} in Capital, 19 January 2009. Retrieved: 26 April 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/reportajul-saptamanii-ruinele-de-la-baile-herculane-si-borsec-nu-mai-au-nimic-de-oferit-6092451 Ruinele de la Baile Herculane si Borsec nu mai au nimic de oferit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713173831/http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/reportajul-saptamanii-ruinele-de-la-baile-herculane-si-borsec-nu-mai-au-nimic-de-oferit-6092451 |date=13 July 2019 }} in Ziarul Financiar, 5 May 2010. Retrieved: 26 April 2011</ref>

Romania is likewise home to the second-largest area of [[Old-growth forest|virgin forests]] in Europe after Russia, totaling 250,000 hectares (65%), most of them in the Carpathians,<ref>[http://www.jurnalul.ro/stiri/observator/salvati-padurile-virgine-594667.html Salvați pădurile virgine!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027163558/http://www.jurnalul.ro/stiri/observator/salvati-padurile-virgine-594667.html |date=27 October 2011 }} in Jurnalul Național, 26 October 2011. Retrieved: 31 October 2011</ref> with the [[Southern Carpathians]] constituting Europe's largest unfragmented forest area.<ref>[http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/05/30/9865 Europe: New Move to Protect Virgin Forests] in Global Issues, 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.</ref> Rates of forest loss due to clearcutting, and deforestation due to illegal logging in the Carpathians are high.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/romania-breaks-up-alleged-25m-illegal-logging-ring|title=Romania breaks up alleged €25m illegal logging ring|last=Neslen|first=Arthur|date=31 May 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 July 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>