Carpathian Mountains

Horizontal division

• Outer Carpathians, containing the Outer Western Carpathians and Outer Eastern Carpathians, usually including the corresponding Outer Carpathian Depressions
• Inner Carpathians, containing the Inner Western Carpathians, Inner Eastern Carpathians, and all the remaining Carpathians

A major part of the western and northeastern Outer Carpathians in Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia is traditionally called Beskids.

Vertical and general division

What follows is a practical outline of the Carpathian subdivisions (clockwise from the west, numbers refer to the map):

• Western Carpathians:
  • 1 Outer Western Carpathians:
    • Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians
    • Central Moravian Carpathians
    • Slovak-Moravian Carpathians
    • West-Beskidian Piedmont
    • Western Beskids
    • Central Beskids
    • Eastern Beskids
    • Podhale-Magura Area
  • 2 Inner Western Carpathians:
    • Slovenské rudohorie (Slovak Ore Mountains)
    • Fatra-Tatra Area
    • Slovenské stredohorie
    • Lučensko-košická zníženina
    • Mátra-Slanec Area/Northern Medium Mountains
• South Eastern Carpathians (= Eastern Carpathians in a wider sense):
  • Eastern Carpathians:
    • 3 Outer Eastern Carpathians:
    • 4 Inner Eastern Carpathians:
  • 5 Southern Carpathians (also known as Transylvanian Alps):
    • Făgăraş Mountains group
    • [arâng Mountains group
    • Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
  • 6 Romanian Western Carpathians:
    • Apuseni Mountains
    • Poiana Ruscă Mountains (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
    • Banat Mountains (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians)
  • 7 Transylvanian Plateau (sometimes not considered part of the Carpathians at all):
    • Transylvanian Plateau
    • Mureş-Turda Depression
    • Făgăraş Depression
    • Sibiu Depression
  • 8 Serbian Carpathians (sometimes considered part of the Southern Carpathians, or not considered part of the Carpathians at all)
• Outer Carpathian Depressions (they surround the Carpathians and are normally considered part of the corresponding adjacent above main groups)