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Apuseni Mountains

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mountains in Romania

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The main peaks of the Apuseni Mountains, with Bihorul on the right Trascău Mountains The Transylvanian Western Carpathians (Apuseni Mountains – the top ones)

The Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munții Apuseni, "Western Mountains"; Hungarian: Erdélyi-középhegység, "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at 1,849 metres (6,066 ft). The Apuseni Mountains have about 400 caves.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apuseni Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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