Hoverla, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 21 relations: Beech, Carpathian Mountains, Chornohora, Eastern Beskids, Galicia (Eastern Europe), Hairpin turn, List of elevation extremes by country, Montane ecosystems, Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society, Polonyna (montane meadow), Polonynian Beskids, Prut, Sandstone, Soviet Union, Spruce, Ukraine, Ukrainian Carpathians, Ukrainian language, Western Ukraine, Wooded Carpathians, Zarosliak.

2. Mountains of Ukraine
3. Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians
4. Two-thousanders of Ukraine

Beech

Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Eurasia and North America.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Chornohora

Chornohora (lit) is the highest mountain range in Western Ukraine.

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Eastern Beskids

The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds (Skhidni Beskydy; Beskidy Wschodnie; Выходны Бескиды; Beskizii Orientali) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians.

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Galicia (Eastern Europe)

Galicia (. Collins English Dictionary Galicja,; translit,; Galitsye) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Hairpin turn

A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road.

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List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.

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Montane ecosystems

Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains.

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Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society

Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze, PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) is a Polish non-governmental tourist organization with 312 branches across the country.

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Polonyna (montane meadow)

Polonyna (Ukrainian and polonyna; połonina; polonina) is a specific, regionally-focused geographic term, that is used as a designation for areas of montane meadows (a landform type) in the upper subalpine or alpine zones of the Carpathian Mountains.

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Polonynian Beskids

Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids (Полонинські Бескиди; Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians.

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Prut

The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth;, Прут) is a river in Eastern Europe.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spruce

A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukrainian Carpathians

The Ukrainian Carpathians (Українські Карпати) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine.

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Ukrainian language

Ukrainian (label) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine.

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Western Ukraine

Western Ukraine (Zakhidna Ukraina) or West Ukraine refers to the western territories of Ukraine.

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Wooded Carpathians

The term Wooded Carpathians (Lisysti Karpaty; Karpaty Lesiste; Erdős-Kárpátok; Waldkarpaten) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both inner and outer regions of that section.

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Zarosliak

Zarosliak (Навчально-спортивна база «Заросляк») is a high mountain sports training resort near town of Vorokhta (Yaremche city), Ukraine.

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See also

Mountains of Ukraine

• Brebeneskul
• Dovzhky Range
• Dzhvynuv
• Hoverla
• Hutyn Tomnatyk
• Kobila (mountain)
• Kremenets Mountains
• List of mountains in Ukraine
• Makovytsia
• Menchul
• Mount Parashka
• Petros (Chornohora)
• Pikui
• Pip Ivan (Chornohora)
• Pip Ivan (Maramureș)
• Pyvykha
• Rebra (peak)
• Trostian

Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians

• Bert (mountain)
• Breskul
• Dovzhky Range
• Dzembronia (mountain)
• Dzhvynuv
• Heniu Mare
• Hoverla
• Ineu Peak
• Makovytsia
• Mała Rawka
• Mount Parashka
• Pietrosu Peak (Călimani)
• Pikui
• Pip Ivan (Chornohora)
• Połonina Caryńska
• Smotrych (mountain)
• Tâmpa (Brașov)
• Tarnica
• Tokarnia (mountain)
• Trostian
• Turkul
• Zherban

Two-thousanders of Ukraine

• Brebeneskul
• Hoverla
• Hutyn Tomnatyk
• Pip Ivan (Chornohora)
• Rebra (peak)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverla

Also known as Goverla Mountain, Hora Hoverla, Mount Hoverla.