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Meseș Mountains
Măgura Priei
Highest point
Peak	Măgura Priei Peak [ro]
Elevation	996 m (3,268 ft)
Coordinates	47°07′06″N 23°02′04″E / 47.118199°N 23.034519°E / 47.118199; 23.034519
Naming
Native name	Munții Meseșului (Romanian)
Geography
Meseș Mountains
Country	Romania
Region	Transylvania
Counties	Sălaj and Cluj

The Meseș Mountains (Romanian: Munții Meseșului, Hungarian: Meszes-hegység) are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Apuseni Mountains. The highest peak is Măgura Priei Peak [ro], at 996 m (3,268 ft).

The mountains are located in Sălaj and Cluj counties, south of Zalău and northwest of Cluj-Napoca. The main rivers flowing through the area are the Crasna (with its tributary, the Pria), Almaș, and Agrij.

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References

1. "Munții Meseș". zalausj.ro (in Romanian). Zalău City Hall. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

Bibliography

• Sălaj, Monografie, Victor Cormoș, Valentin Borda, Editura Sport Turism, București 1980.
• Zona Etnografică Meseș, Ioan Augustin Goia, Editura Sport-Turism, București 1982.
• Geografia României I. Geografia fizică, M. Ielenicz, Editura Universitară 2005

v t e Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
Western Carpathians	Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians Western Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids (Eastern section, Central section) Podhale-Magura Area
Eastern Carpathians	Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Central Beskids Eastern Beskids (Polonynian Beskids) Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Southern Carpathians	Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
Western Romanian Carpathians	Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains
Serbian Carpathians	Homolje Mountains Kučaj Mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan
Adjacent regions	Transylvanian Plateau (Transylvanian Plain) Outer Subcarpathian depressions
Grouping by country	Hungarian Carpathians Polish Carpathians Romanian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians Slovak Carpathians Ukrainian Carpathians

• Mountain ranges of the Western Romanian Carpathians
• Western Romanian Carpathians
• Geography of Sălaj County