Central section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Střední část Západních Beskyd; pl, Środkowa część Beskidów Zachodnich) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern

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and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of the

Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...

, within the

Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

. In

geographic Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

classification, the term ''

Beskid Mountains The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, stretching from the Czech ...

'' has several definitions, related to distinctive historical and linguistic traditions. Depending on a particular classification, designation ''Central'' in relation to the Beskids is also used with different meanings. In Slovak terminology, the term ''Central Beskids'' ( sk, Stredné Beskydy) is used to designate this section of the Beskid Mountains within the Outer Western Carpathians. In

terminology, the same region is also classified as the central section of the

, but not under the term ''Central Beskids'' ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe), since that term is used to designate Lower Beskids of the

Outer Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya S ...

Subdivision

The Central section of the Western Beskids consist of the following sets of mountain ranges: * Orava Beskids (SK: ''Oravské Beskydy'') +

Żywiec Beskids The Żywiec Beskids ( pl, Beskid Żywiecki) is a mountain range in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra (1,725 m) and Pilsko Pi ...

(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy"- Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy"- Kysuce-Orava Beskids) * Kysuce Beskids (SK: ''Kysucké Beskydy'') +

(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy") * Kysuce Highlands (SK: ''Kysucká vrchovina'') * Orava Magura (SK: ''Oravská Magura'') *

Orava Highlands The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, ''Oravská vrchovina'') is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians. In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; in ...

(SK: ''Oravská vrchovina'') * Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: ''Podbeskydská brázda'') * Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: ''Podbeskydská vrchovina'')

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* * * * {{Coord missing, Poland Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Mountain ranges of Poland Mountain ranges of Slovakia

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