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The mountain is mostly made up of limestone formations, having risen up gradually from the Earth's crust. Most of the mountain (1.5 km 2) is a declared nature reserve, due to the rare animal species (bears, birds, butterflies—35% of Romanian butterfly species) and plant species (a rare Liverleaf variety, Transylvanian Windgrass) that are ...
On 1 July 1923, the 2nd Mountain Troops Division (Divizia 2 Vânători de Munte) was formed in Bistrița. In 1937, the two existing Mountain Divisions were converted to the 1st and 2nd Mountain Brigades. [2] The same year, the 2nd Brigade was renamed to the 2nd Mixed Mountain Brigade and until 1940, it guarded the northern border of the country ...
Peak Mountain Range County or Counties Height (m) Moldoveanu Peak: Făgăraș Mountains: Argeș: 2,544 Negoiu Peak: Făgăraș Mountains: Sibiu: 2,535 Viștea Mare
Southern Carpathians (2 C, 6 P) W. ... Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Romania" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
The Mountains Have a Secret (1948) is a novel by Australian writer Arthur Upfield. It is the twelfth of the author's novels to feature his recurring character Detective Inspector Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte. It was originally published in USA by Doubleday in 1948 under their Crime Club imprint. [1]
Moldoveanu Peak (Romanian: Vârful Moldoveanu, pronounced [ˈvɨrful moldoˈve̯anu]; "Moldavian Peak"), at 2,545 metres (8,350 ft), is the highest mountain peak in Romania. [2] It is located in Argeș County , in the Făgăraș Mountains of the Southern Carpathians .
The exact origin of the name "Bucegi" is disputed by philologists. "Buceag" or "bugeac" seems to be the source of the name, a word designating in the language of mountain people both the moss in the forest and the wilderness or the junipers. An archaic version of the name "Bucegi" is "Buceci", name still used today by elders in the mountains ...
The Chosen Eight are members of a fictional tribe of elves on the World of Two Moons in the comic book Elfquest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini.. The Chosen Eight, as their name implies, are the hunters specially selected to provide sustenance for the rest of their tribe, the Gliders.