Bradlo (2670 ft.); the White Carpathians or Miava group, with the
highest peak Javornik (3325 ft.), and the Zemerka (3445 ft.); the
Beskid proper or western Beskid group, which extends from a little
west of the Jablunka pass to the river Poprad, with the highest peaks,
Beskid (3115 ft.), Smrk (4395 ft.), Lissa Hora (4350 ft.) and Ossus
(5106 ft.); and the Magura or Arva Magura group, which extends to the
south of Beskid Mountains, and contains the Babia Gora (5650 ft.), the
highest peak in the whole western Carpathians.

(b) The eastern or wooded Carpathians extend from the river Poprad to
the sources of the river Viso and the Golden Bistritza, whence the
Transylvanian Mountains begin, and form the link between these
mountains and the central groups or High Carpathians. They are a
monotonous sandstone range, covered with extensive forests, which up
to the sources of the rivers Ung and San are also called the eastern
Beskids, and are formed of small parallel ranges. The northern
two-thirds of this range has a mean altitude of 3250 ft., and only in
its southern portion it attains a mean altitude of 5000 ft. The
principal peaks are Rusky Put (4264 ft.), Popadje (5690 ft.), Bistra
(5936 ft.), Pop Ivan (6214 ft.), Tomnatik (5035 ft.), Giumaleu (6077
ft.) and Cserna Gora (6505 ft.), the culminating peak of the whole
range. To the eastern Carpathians belongs also the range of mountains
extending between the Laborcza and the Upper Theiss, called Vihorlat,
which attains in the peak of the same name an altitude of 3495 ft. As
indicated by its name, which means "burnt," it is of volcanic origin,
and plays an important part in the folklore and in the superstitious
legends of the Hungarian people.

(c) The central groups or the High Carpathians extend from the
confluence of the rivers Arva and Waag to the river Poprad, and
include the highest group of the Carpathian system. They consist of
the High Tatra group (see TATRA MOUNTAINS), where is found the
Gerlsdorfer or Franz Josef peak (Hung. _Gerlachfalvi-Csucs_), with an
altitude of 8737 ft., the highest peak in the whole Carpathian
Mountains. On its west are the Liptauer Magura, with the highest peak
the Biela Szkala (6900 ft.), and on its east are the Zipser Magura,
which have a mean altitude of 3000 ft. South of the central groups
lies a widely extending mountain region, which fills the whole of
northern Hung