Outer Western Carpathians
| Outer Western Carpathians | ||
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 Path to the Babia Góra |
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| Highest peak | Babia Góra ( 1725 m npm ) | |
| location | Poland , Slovakia , Czech Republic | |
| part of | Western Carpathians | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 34 ′ N , 19 ° 32 ′ E | |
The Outer Western Carpathians (Polish Zewnętrzne Karpaty Zachodnie ) are a mountain range of the Western Carpathians in Poland ( Silesia , Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian Voivodeships ), Slovakia and the Czech Republic . They protrude into Austria in the southwest . Its highest peak is the Babia Góra with 1725 m in the Saybuscher Beskids .
Demarcation
The border with the Central Western Carpathians forms the Pieninen rock belt in the south , the most striking part of which is the Pieninen mountain range on the Polish-Slovakian border. The Northern Subcarpathian region joins in to the north and west . In the east they go over to the Outer Eastern Carpathians . In contrast to the latter, the Outer Western Carpathians have a pronounced promontory
structure
The Outer Western Carpathians is divided into:
- Karpaty Austriacko-Morawskie ( Austro-Moravian Carpathians )
- Karpaty Środkowomorawskie ( Central Moravian Carpathians )
- Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie ( West Beskid Foothills )
- Karpaty Słowacko-Morawskie ( Slovak-Moravian Carpathians )
- Beskidy Zachodnie ( West Beskids )
- Pogórze Środkowobeskidzkie ( Central Beskid Foothills )
- Beskidy Środkowe ( Central Beskids )
proof
- Jerzy Kondracki: Geografia regionalna Polski . Warszawa 1998: Wyd. Naukowe PWN, ISBN 83-01-12479-2 .