Erzgebirge sub-province

Erzgebirge sub-province Krušnohorská subprovincie
	Subgroup Krušnohorská subprovincie (marked in red)
Highest peak	Klínovec ( 1244 m nm )
location	Czech Republic
part of	Bohemian mass
Classification according to	Geomorphological classification of the Czech Republic
Coordinates	50 ° 24 ' N , 13 ° 4' E Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ' N , 13 ° 4' E
surface	6,975 km²

The Ore Mountains Subprovince (Czech Krušnohorská subprovincie ), formerly also known as the Ore Mountains System or the Ore Mountains System , is a subdivision of the geomorphological division of the Czech Republic . The area is located in the northwest of the Czech Republic and borders on Bavaria , Thuringia and Saxony . The unit is one of the six sub-provinces of the Bohemian Massif ( Česká vysočina ), which in turn is part of the Hercynian system .

Geomorphological classification of the Czech Republic with the main group of the Bohemian Masses ( Česká vysočina , marked in red)

Position and extent

The highest part of the sub-province is formed by the Ore Mountains with the Klínovec as the highest point. While the German side has only a slight gradient, the Ore Mountains drop steeply to the south into the Eger Basin with the North Bohemian Basin . The Fichtel Mountains (Smrčiny) form the western edge . The eastern edge of the sub-province in Bohemian Switzerland is covered by Cretaceous sandstones . Tertiary igneous rocks emerge in the Egergraben as well as in the Bohemian Central Mountains (České středohoří) .

The neighboring sub-provinces are clockwise from east to west:

Sudeten Subprovincie (Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie)
Bohemian table country (Česká tabule)
Beraun subprovincie (Poberounská subprovincie)
Bohemian Forest Subprovincie (Šumavská subprovincie)

Geomorphological classification

System: Hercynian
Subsystem: Hercynian Mountains
Province: Bohemian Massif (Česká vysočina)
Subprovince: Ore Mountains Subprovince (Krušnohorská subprovincie)
Areas: Ore Mountains (Krušnohorská hornatina), Pre- Ore Mountains region (Podkrušnohorská oblast) and Karlovy Vary Mountains (Karlovarská vrchovina).