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The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the
Beskids
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 Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west a ...
, within 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 ...
. As a continuation of the
Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner of
Poland
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, the far eastern corner of
Slovakia
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, and stretches southward through western parts of
Ukraine
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, up to the border of
Romania
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.
Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Polonynian Beskyd
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In Polish and Ukrainian terminology, the range is commonly called the "Eastern Beskids" ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie), while in Slovakia, the term ''Meadowed Mountains'' ( sk, Poloniny) is also used. The scope of those terms varies in accordance to different traditions and classifications.
At the three-way border, portions of the Slovak Bukovec Mountains
The Bukovec Mountains ( sk, Bukovské vrchy; hu, Ungi-határhegység) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with ...
( sk, Bukovské vrchy), the Polish Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...
( pl, Bieszczady Zachodnie), and the adjacent "Uzhansky National Nature Park" and Nadsiansky Regional Landscape Park in Ukraine form the transnational East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary protected area, designated as an area of global importance under UNESCO's Programme on Man and the Biosphere.It is located in the Eastern Carpathians and includes parts of three countries: ...
.
Subdivisions
The Eastern Beskids are commonly divided into two parallel ridges: Wooded Beskids and Polonynian Beskids
Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...
.
Wooded Beskids (PL: Beskidy Lesiste; UA: Лісисті Бескиди):
* Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...
(PL: Bieszczady; UK: Бещади) → c1
** Western Bieszczady
Western may refer to:
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*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
(PL: Bieszczady Zachodnie; UA: Західні Бещади) mainly in Poland and Slovakia, including the Bukovec Mountains
The Bukovec Mountains ( sk, Bukovské vrchy; hu, Ungi-határhegység) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with ...
(SK: Bukovské vrchy)
** Eastern Bieszczady
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
* Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air ...
(PL: Bieszczady Wschodnie; UA: Східні Бещади), mainly in Ukraine
* Sanok-Turka Mountains
The Sanok-Turka Mountains ( pl, Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; uk, Сяноцько-Турчанські гори) are a mountain range in the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. They are located in southern border section betwee ...
(PL: Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди / ''Verkhnodnistrovski Beskydy'') → c3
* Skole Beskids
The Skole Beskids ( uk, Сколівські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Skolskie) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, belonging to the set of ranges called the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
The mountains are compos ...
(PL: Beskidy Skolskie; UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2
* Gorgany
Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1, ...
(PL: Gorgany; UA: Ґорґани) → c4
* Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (PL: Beskidy Pokucko-Bukowińskie; UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати / ''Pokutsko-Bukovinski Karpaty'') → c5
Polonynian Beskids
Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...
(PL: Beskidy Połonińskie; UA: Полонинські Бескиди):
* Smooth Polonyna
Smooth may refer to:
Mathematics
* Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology
* Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transition maps are smooth functions
* Smooth algebrai ...
(PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6
* Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7
* Polonyna Kuk Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8
* Red Polonyna
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(PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9
* Svydovets
The Svydovets (Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpathia ...
(PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10
* Chornohora
Chornohora (literally: "Black Mountain"; uk, Чорногора, romanized: ''Chornohora'') is the highest mountain range in Western Ukraine. It is within the Polonynian Beskids, a subgroup of the mountain group of Eastern Beskids, which in turn ...
(PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11
* Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12
See also
References
Sources
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External links
Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Inner Carpathian Valley
Carpathian Mountains: Division (map)
Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Mountain ranges of Ukraine
Mountain ranges of Poland
Mountain ranges of Slovakia
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