Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the

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. Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Polish name for the range is ''Góry Czerchowskie'', the Czerchów Mountains. In Polish terminology, it is classified within the

eastern section of the Western Beskids Eastern section of the Western Beskids () are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. In geographic cla ...

. In Slovak terminology, the same region is known simply as the ''Eastern Beskids'' (). The entire range is composed of Carpathian

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and is oriented from north to southeast. The major peaks include ''Minčol'' (1157 m), '' Veľká Javorina'' (1098 m), ''Bukový vrch'' (1010 m), and ''Lysá'' (1068 m). Čergov Peak itself stands at 1050 m. The

Topľa Topľa (, ) is a river in eastern Slovakia and right tributary of the Ondava. It is long and its basin covers an area of . It rises in the Čergov, Čergov mountains, flows through Ondava Highlands, Beskids, Beskidian Piedmont, Eastern Slovak Hill ...

River and many of its tributaries, creeks and rivers arise from its eastern slopes. The slopes are grown with mixed forests with a predominance of deciduous trees, mostly beech, maple, oak, and birch. At least five major nature reserves have been set aside for rare and protected species of trees, original vegetation, and protected animals. One of these, ''Národná prírodná rezervácia Čergovský Minčol'' (National Wildlife Reserve of Minčol in the Čergov), is centered on the highest peak and was founded in 1986.

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