Žďárské vrchy (german: Saarer Bergland) is a
mountain range in the
Czech Republic. It is located in the northwest part of
Upper Svratka Highlands which is part of
Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and has an area of 485.78 sq km. The highest peak of Žďárké vrchy is
Devět skal (836 m).
Other significant peaks are Křovina (829,7 m), Křivý javor (823,5 m), Kopeček (821,7 m) or Pasecká skála (818,6 m).
Žďárské vrchy is a source of the
Sázava and
Svratka rivers.
The forest cover comprises mostly
spruces
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfa ...
, mixed by
beeches, firs,
larches and
pines
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...
.
References
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Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic