The Carpathians resemble a reversed S as they run eastward from Czechoslovakia across the northern portion of Romania, swinging southward to the middle of Romania and then running westward, where they are known as the Transylvanian Alps.
Carpathians ມີລັກສະນະຄ້າຍຄືກັບຫັນໄປທາງ S ເມື່ອພວກເຂົາແລ່ນໄປທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກຈາກປະເທດ Czechoslovakia ຂ້າມພາກ ເຫນືອ ຂອງ Romania, ຫັນໄປທາງທິດໃຕ້ໄປຫາພາກກາງຂອງ Romania ແລະຫລັງຈາກນັ້ນກໍ່ແລ່ນໄປທາງທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ, ບ່ອນທີ່ພວກເຂົາເອີ້ນວ່າ Transylvanian Alps.