Western Sudetes

Western Sudetes
The Giant Mountains, Sněžka
Highest point
PeakSněžka
Elevation1,603 m (5,259 ft)
Coordinates50°44′10″N 15°44′24″E / 50.73611°N 15.74000°E / 50.73611; 15.74000
Geography
Divisions of the Sudetes subprovince, Western Sudetes marked in red
CountriesCzech Republic, Germany and Poland
RegionsÚstí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové (Czech Rep.), Saxony (Germany) and Lower Silesia (Poland)
Parent rangeSudetes

The Western Sudetes (Polish: Sudety Zachodnie; Czech: Krkonošská oblast; German: Westsudeten) are a geomorphological macroregion, the western part of the Sudetes subprovince on the borders of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.

Geography

They are formed mostly by mountain ranges. They stretch from the Bóbr river in the east to the Elbe and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the west.[1]

The Western Sudetes includes the Giant Mountains, which is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. All the highest mountains of the Western Sudetes are located in this mountain range. The highest peak is the Sněžka at 1,603 m (5,259 ft).

Divisions

The Western Sudetes are divided into following mesoregions (number indicates its location on the infobox map):

Number Name Location Highest point
1 West Lusatian Hill Country
and Uplands		 DE 449 m (1,473 ft) (Hochstein)
2 Upper Lusatian Gefilde DE
3 Lusatian Highlands CZ, DE 608 m (1,995 ft) (Hrazený)
4 Eastern Upper Lusatia DE, PL, CZ 593 m (1,946 ft) (Prosečský hřeben)
5 Lusatian Mountains CZ, DE 793 m (2,602 ft) (Luž)
6 Jizera Foothills PL, CZ 572 m (1,877 ft) (Andělský vrch)
7 Jizera Mountains CZ, PL 1,127 m (3,698 ft) (Wysoka Kopa)
8 Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge CZ 1,012 m (3,320 ft) (Ještěd)
9 Kaczawskie Foothills PL 501 m (1,644 ft) (Ostrzyca)
10 Kaczawskie Mountains PL 725 m (2,379 ft) (Okole)
11 Jelenia Góra Valley PL 376 m (1,234 ft) Krzywousty
12 Rudawy Janowickie PL 945 m (3,100 ft) (Skalnik)
13 Giant Mountains CZ, PL 1,603 m (5,259 ft) (Sněžka)
14 Giant Mountains Foothills CZ 835 m (2,740 ft) (Hejlov)
15 Waldenburg Highlands PL 515 m (1,690 ft) (Sas)

References

  1. ^ Aleksandrowski, P.; Mazur, S. (2002). "Collage tectonics in the northeasternmost part of the Variscan Belt: the Sudetes, Bohemian Massif". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 201 (1): 237–277. Bibcode:2002GSLSP.201..237A. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.201.01.12. S2CID 140166878.
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