Erzgebirgs-Bergland
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Krušnohorská hornatina
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 Ore Mountains (Krušnohorská hornatina) (marked in red) |
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| Highest peak | Klínovec ( 1244 m nm ) |
| location | Czech Republic |
| part of | Ore Mountains Subprovincie (Krušnohorská subprovincie) |
| Classification according to | Geomorphological classification of the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 ' N , 13 ° 3' E |
| surface | 3,415 km² |
The Ore Mountains (Czech: Krušnohorská hornatina ) is a subdivision of the geomorphological classification of the Czech Republic . The area includes the three mountains Fichtelgebirge (Smrčiny), Ore Mountains (Krušné hory) and Bohemian Switzerland (Děčínská vrchovina). Within the Erzgebirge sub-province , the Erzgebirge highlands are often compared to the Czech Erzgebirge foothills .
Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic with the Erzgebirge subprovincie (Krušnohorska subprovincie) (marked in red)
Position and extent
The highest part is the Ore Mountains with the Klínovec as the highest point. While the German side has only a slight gradient, it drops steeply to the south into the Eger Basin with the North Bohemian Basin . The Fichtel Mountains form the western edge. The eastern edge of the sub-province in Bohemian Switzerland is covered by Cretaceous sandstones .
Neighboring units of the Erzgebirgs-subprovince (Krušnohorská subprovincie) are the Šumava subprovince (Šumavská subprovincie) which Beraun-subprovince (Poberounská subprovincie), the Sudeten subprovince (Krkonošsko-Jesenicka subprovincie) and the Czech tableland (tabule Česká)
Geomorphological classification
- System: Hercynian
- Subsystem: Hercynian Mountains
- Province: Bohemian Massif (Česká vysočina)
- Subprovince: Ore Mountains Subprovince (Krušnohorská subprovincie)
- Area: Ore Mountains Mountains (Krušnohorská hornatina)
- Main units: Fichtel Mountains (Smrčiny), Ore Mountains (Krušné hory) and Bohemian Switzerland (Děčínská vrchovina).
Geomorphological areas
The Ore Mountains area is divided into the following geomorphological areas:
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literature
- Jaromír Demek et al .: Zeměpisný lexikon ČSR. Hory a nižiny. Academia, Praha 1987, p. 35.