Tepler highlands
The Tepler highlands ( Tepelská vrchovina in Czech ) form a geomorphological unit in the Czech Republic .
geography
It is located in the north-west of Bohemia and has an average altitude of 627 m above sea level. The highest point is 847 m above sea level. M. the Podhorní vrch at Ovesné Kladruby . The area is 687 km².
The Kaiserwald joins to the north, the Duppau Mountains to the northeast and the Rakonitzer Hügelland to the east . The transition to the Plasser Hügelland takes place to the south . To the west lies the foreland of the Upper Palatinate Forest .
Geologically, the highlands consist mainly of crystalline slate .
The most important bodies of water are the Teplá , which drains the area north to the Eger , and the Střela , which directs its water to the southeast into the Berounka . The drinking water reservoirs Žlutice and Podhora are in the Tepler highlands .
The most important cities are Bezdružice , Bochov , Chyše , Teplá , Toužim , Úterý and Žlutice .
Geo-morphological classification:
System: Hercynisch
subsystem: Hercynisches Mountain
State: Bohemia mass (Česká vysočina)
subprovince: Krušnohorská subprovincie (Erzgebirgs-subprovince)
Area: Karlovarská vrchovina (Carlsbad mountains)
main unit: Tepelská vrchovina (Tepler Highlands)
subunits: Toužimská plošina (Theusinger Highlands ), Bezdružická vrchovina (Weseritz Uplands ) and Žluticka vrchovina (Luditzer Uplands).