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The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a mountain range system across Central and Eastern Europe.
The total length of the Carpathians is over 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) and the mountain chain’s width varies between 12 and 500 kilometers (7 and 311 miles).
The Carpathians stretch in an arc from the Czech Republic (3%) in the northwest through Slovakia (17%), Poland (10%), Hungary (4%) and Ukraine (10%) Serbia (5%) and Romania (50%) in the southeast.
The Carpathians cover an area of 190,000 square kilometers (73,359 square miles), and after the Alps, form the next-most extensive mountain system in Europe.
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The highest range within the Carpathians is the Tatras, on the border of Slovakia and Poland, where the highest peaks exceed 2,600 meters (8,530 feet).
The second-highest range is the Southern Carpathians in Romania, where the highest peaks exceed 2,500 meters (8,202 feet).
The highest peak is Gerlachovský štít in Slovakia at 2,655 meters (8,711 feet) above sea level.
The Carpathians were formed some 50 million years ago, during the same geological upheavals that produced the Alps.
The last volcanic activity occurred at Ciomadul about 30,000 years ago. Without having the fame of the Alps or the Himalayas, the Carpathian Mountains mesmerize with their sometimes terrifying wilderness.