Majestic Carpathians

Carpathians (Polish: Karpaty, German: Karpaten, Slovak. Karpaty, Hungarian: Kárpátok, Rom. Carpaţi, Serbian: Карпати) is a mountain system in eastern Central Europe, on the territory of: Ukraine, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, and Austria. It stretches from the outskirts of Bratislava to the Iron Gate for 1500 km, forming a convex arc that closes the Middle Danube Plain. The Carpathians are one of the main watersheds of Europe between the Baltic and the Black Sea. They are divided into two subprovinces - the Outer Carpathians (Western and Eastern) and the Inner Carpathians (Western and Eastern). Orographically, they are divided into the Western Carpathians (the highest mountain ranges in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine), the Eastern or Forested Carpathians (the lowest and narrowest part of the Carpathians; the Eastern Carpathians consist of the Eastern Beskydy (Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine), the Ukrainian Carpathians (Ukraine) and the Moldovan-Semigrad Carpathians (Romania), the Southern Carpathians or Transylvanian Alps (Romania). The predominant altitudes of the Carpathians are 800-1200 m, the highest altitude is 2655 m (Mount Gerlachovsky Shtit in the Tatras), in Ukraine - Mount Hoverla (2061 m). The greatest width is 430 km. The area of this mountain system is 24 thousand km². In the Ukrainian Carpathians grows 20% of all forests in Ukraine.