Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group

Bucura Lake, the largest glacial lake in Romania

Glacial lakes in the Retezat Mountains

The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains.

Boundaries

The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded:

• in the east, by the Jiu River;
• in the west, by the Timiș-Cerna Gap (the Cerna River and the Timiș River);
• in the north, by the Bistra River and the Hațeg depression.

Mountains

• Retezat Mountains (Munții Retezat; literally: Hewed Mountains)
• Godeanu Mountains (Munții Godeanu)
• Vâlcan Mountains (Munții Vâlcan)
• Mehedinți Mountains (Munții Mehendinţi)
• Cerna Mountains (Munții Cernei)
• Țarcu Mountains (Munții Țarcu; literally: Pen Mountains)

See also

• Carpathian Mountains
• Parâng Mountains group

External links

• Winter images from the Retezat–Godeanu Mountain group Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.alpinet.org/