West Beskids
| West Beskids | ||
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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 West Beskids (Polish Beskidy Zachodnie ) are a mountain range of the Outer Western Carpathians in Poland ( Silesian Voivodeship and Lesser Poland Voivodeship ). Smaller parts are also in Slovakia and the Czech Republic . Its highest peak is the Babia Góra with 1725 m in the Saybuscher Beskids .
Demarcation
The West Beskids join in the west and the East Beskids ( Forest Carpathians ) in the east . The Middle Beskids represent a small link between the two larger mountain ranges. They belong to the Outer Western Carpathians .
structure
The West Beskids is divided into numerous mountain ranges:
- Beskid Śląsko-Morawski ( Silesian-Moravian Beskids )
- Beskid Śląski ( Silesian Beskids )
- Kotlina Żywiecka ( Saybuscher Basin )
- Beskid Mały ( Little Beskids )
- Beskid Makowski ( Makov Beskids )
- Beskid Wyspowy ( Inselbeskiden )
- Kotlina Rabczańska ( Rabka Basin )
- Beskid Żywiecki ( Saybuscher Beskids )
- Gorce
- Kotlina Sądecka ( Sandez Basin )
- Beskid Sądecki ( Sandets Beskydy )
- Čerchov ( Čergov )
- Kysuce mountains ( Kisucká vrchovina )
- Arwaer Magura ( Oravská Magura )
proof
- Jerzy Kondracki: Geografia regionalna Polski. Warszawa: Wyd. Naukowe PWN, 1998. ISBN 83-01-12479-2 .
See also
panorama
Panorama from Pilsko