The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (
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: , sk, Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the
Czech Republic
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with a small part reaching to
Slovakia
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. It lies on the historical division between
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The me ...
and
Silesia
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, hence the name. It is part 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 Out ...
within the
Outer Western Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system.
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.
Geography
The mountains were created during the
Alpine Orogeny in the
Cenozoic
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. Geologically, they consist mainly of
flysch
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deposits. In the north, they steeply rise nearly over a rather flat landscape; in the south, they slowly merge with the Javorníky. In the south-west, they are separated from the
Vsetínské vrchy by the Rožnovská
Bečva
The Bečva (; german: Betschwa, also ''Betsch'', ''Beczwa'') is a river in the Czech Republic. It is a left tributary
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valley; in the north-east, the
Jablunkov Pass
Jablunkov Pass ( cs, , pl, ) is a mountain pass in the Western Beskids at above sea level. It is located in the municipality of Mosty u Jablunkova in the Czech Republic, near the border with Poland and Slovakia.
Geography
The pass separat ...
separates them from the
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the ...
.
The highest point is
Lysá hora mountain at , which is one of the rainiest places in the Czech Republic with around of precipitation a year. Many legends are bound to
Radhošť
Radhošť () is a mountain in the Czech Republic. It has an elevation of and belongs to the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. It is located in Dolní Bečva and Trojanovice municipalities in the Zlín and Moravian-Silesian regions, w ...
Mountain, , which is one of the most visited places in the mountains together with the nearby Pustevny resort.
Smrk, with a height of , is the second highest summit of the range. Its northern slope steeply rises from the surrounding lowlands and is separated from the rest of the mountains by the deep
Ostravice River
Ostravice ( pl, Ostrawica, german: Ostrawitza) is a river in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and then flows through Ostravice, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frýdek-Místek and Paskov to Ostrav ...
(in the east) and
Čeladenka
Čeladenka is a small river in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, with the source in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids, flowing through the village of Čeladná and entering the Ostravice
Ostravice (german: Ostrawitz, pl, Ostrawic ...
(in the west) river valleys; in the south, it merges in the lower Zadní hory (i.e. ''Rear mountains'') area.
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids create the largest part of the
Beskydy Landscape Protected Area
Beskydy Protected Landscape Area (PLA) ( cs, Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy, abbreviated as ''CHKO Beskydy'') is the largest PLA in the Czech Republic. The area is .
Geography
Beskydy PLA lies in the south-eastern part of the Moravian Sile ...
. The mountains are 80% forested, though mainly by plantations of
spruce
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which were in some parts severely damaged by emissions from the
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
industrial region. Originally, the mountains were covered by mixed forest with dominant
beech
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which are preserved in many places. Recently, permanent occurrence of all three large Central European carnivores –
lynx
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Places Canada
* Lynx, Ontar ...
,
bear
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and
wolf
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– have been confirmed in the area.
There are many popular holiday resorts for both winter and summer activities, with centers in the towns under the mountains (
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (; german: Friedland (an der Ostrawitza)) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí is made ...
,
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm (; german: Frankstadt (unter dem Radhoscht)) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is p ...
,
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is made up of one administrativ ...
) and also in smaller resorts, hamlets and chalets throughout the mountains, especially on the ridges.
Parts of two
euroregion
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s, the Beskydy/Beskidy and
Těšínské Slezsko/Śląsk Cieszyński, reach into the Moravian-Silesian Beskids.
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Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
Geography of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
Mountain ranges of Slovakia