Moldoveanu

From a geographical point of view, the trapezoidal region surrounded by these three mountain ranges, called the Eastern, Southern and Western Carpathians respectively, looks like an isolated castle compared to the steppe-like region that stretches from southern Russia through the Danube Plain to the Great Hungarian Plain. Many of the mountains in the Eastern and Southern Carpathians are over 2000m high (the highest is Mount Moldoveanu in the Southern Carpathians at 2544m), while the mountains in the Western Carpathians are generally lower (the highest is Mount Bihor at 1849m), but Transylvania, embraced by these mountain ranges, can be said to be a large basin in itself. Moreover, within it, there are plateaus, hills, valleys and the central Transylvanian plain, creating a diverse landscape, with settlements scattered not only on the plains but also on highlands at around 1300m high.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　自然地誌的にみれば，それぞれ東，南，西カルパチ山脈と呼ばれるこれらの3山脈に囲まれた台形の地域は，南ロシアからドナウ平野を経てハンガリー大平原に連なるステップ状の地帯に対して，孤城の観を呈している。東および南カルパチ山脈には2000mをこす山が多く(最高は南カルパチ山脈のモルドベヤヌMoldoveanu山の2544m)，これに比し西カルパチ山脈の山々は一般に低いが(最高はビホルBihor山の1849m)，これらの山脈に抱かれたトランシルバニアはそれ自体一つの大きな盆地といってよい。しかもその内部には高原，丘陵，渓谷地帯や中心部のトランシルバニア平野があって変化に富んだ景観がひろがり，平野部はもちろん1300mぐらいの高地にまで集落が散在している。…

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