Banat Mountains

Semenic National Park and Ski Resort, within the Banat Mountains

View of the Banat Mountains

The Banat Mountains (Romanian: Munții Banatului; Hungarian: Bánsági-hegyvidék) are a number of mountain ranges in Romania, considered part of the Western Romanian Carpathians (Carpații Occidentali Românești) mountain range.

The Banat Mountains consist of :

• The Banat Mountains (Munții Banatului) per se, which include:
  • the Semenic Mountains (Munții Semenic);
  • the Locva Mountains (Munții Locvei);
  • the Anina Mountains (Munții Aninei);
  • and the Dognecea Mountains (Munții Dognecei).
• The Almăj Mountains (Munții Almăjului).
• The Timiș-Cerna Gap (Culoarul Timiș-Cerna), including the Almăj Depression (Depresiunea Almăj), which divide the Banat Mountains from the Southern Carpathians.
• The Caraș Hills (Dealurile Carașului).

Hydrography

The river system consists of the following rivers:

• Mureș
• Nera
• Caraș
• Bârzava
• Timiș
• Bega