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47°55′N 19°00′E / 47.917°N 19.000°E / 47.917; 19.000

Börzsöny (pronounced [ˈbørʒøɲ]; Slovak: Brežany or Novohradské hory, New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with 938 m (3,077 ft).

It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. The varied landscape offers good hiking opportunities. A large part of the Börzsöny is national park. From the top of Csóványos we can see one of the country's most beautiful panorama on the Danube Bend (Dunakanyar).

Geography

The mountain is structurally divided into four parts: High Börzsöny, Northern Börzsöny, Western Börzsöny and Southern Börzsöny.

High Börzsöny

Here are the highest peaks of Börzsöny: the Csóványos (938 m), Magos-fa (916 m), Nagy-hideg Hill (864 m) and Nagy-Inóc (826 m).

Northern Börzsöny

Western Börzsöny

Southern Börzsöny

Hydrography

There are about 470 creeks in Börzsöny. The major parts of the creeks are clean water. The mountain's longest and largest river is the Kemence Stream.

Wildlife

A large part of the Börzsöny is covered with oak and beech. The mountains are still registered 16 species of mammals. The 117 species of birds occur each year in the mountains, of whom 90 are regularly spend. Best-known songbirds are the nightingale, the thrush and the skylark. Among the amphibians the most spectacular is the spotted salamander; among the reptiles is the angry snake.

Gallery

References

v t e Geographical regions of Hungary
West-Hungarian Borderland	Alpokalja Kőszeg Mountains Sopron Mountains Vas Hills Balfi Hills	Physico-geographical mesoregions of Hungary
Little Hungarian Plain	Hanság Fertőzug Neusiedl Basin Rábaköz Szigetköz Marcal Basin Moson Plain Komárom-Esztergom Plain
Transdanubia	Baranya Zala Hills Inner Somogy Outer Somogy Zselic Völgység Szekszárd Hills Baranya Hills Villány Mountains
Transdanubian Mountains	Keszthely Mountains Tapolca Basin Balaton Uplands Bakony Bakonyalja Sokoró Vértesalja Velence Hills Gerecse Mountains Buda Hills Pilis Mountains Visegrád Mountains Vértes Mountains
Transdanubian Hills	Mecsek Outer Somogy Inner Somogy Tolna-Baranya Hills Balaton Basin
North Hungarian Mountains	Börzsöny Cserhát Mátra Mátralába Bükk Zemplén Mountains
Great Hungarian Plain	Bácska Bánát Mezőföld Sárrét Sárköz Drávamellék Kunság (Kiskunság, Nagykunság) Jászság Pest Plain Heves Plain Borsodi-Mezőség Bodrogköz Tiszahát Szatmár Plain Maros-Körös köze Körös-vidék Hortobágy Hajdúság Nyírség Tiszántúl Tiszazug

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