Transylvanian Plateau

The Transylvanian Plateau

The Transylvanian Plateau (Romanian: Podişul Transilvaniei, Hungarian: Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania.

The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern, Southern and Romanian Western branches of the Carpathian Mountains. The area includes the Transylvanian Plain.

It is improperly called a plateau, for it does not possess extensive plains, but is formed of a network of valleys of various size, ravines and canyons, united together by numerous small mountain ranges, which attain a height of 150-250 m (500-800 ft) above the altitude of the valley.

The plateau has a continental climate. Temperature varies a great deal in the course of a year, with warm summers contrasted by very cold winters. Vast forests cover parts of the plateau and the mountains. The mean elevation is 300-500 m (1,000-1,600 ft).

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Coordinates: 46°30′N 24°30′E / 46.500°N 24.500°E / 46.500; 24.500

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains

Western Carpathians

Inner Western	Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains

Outer Western	South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area

Eastern Carpathians

Inner Eastern	Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression

Outer Eastern	Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians

Southern Carpathians

Western Romanian Carpathians

Serbian Carpathians

Transylvanian Plateau (disputed)

Outer Carpathian depressions

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