The Western Beskidian Foothills ( cs, Západobeskydské podhůří, pl, Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie) is a geological region in the northeastern corner of the
Czech Republic
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and extending into southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. The relatively modest
foothills
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topogr ...
are considered part of 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 ...
.
Subdivision
The Western Beskidian Foothills consists of four subranges (from west to east):
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Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
(Czech: ''Podbeskydská pahorkatina'', Polish: ''Pogórze Śląsko-Morawskie'')
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Silesian Foothills
Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogórze Śląskie, cs, Slezské podhůří, szl, Pogōrze Ślōnske) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main r ...
(Polish: ''Pogórze Śląskie'')
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Wieliczka Foothills (Polish: ''Pogórze Wielickie'')
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Wiśnicz Foothills (Polish: ''Pogórze Wiśnickie'')
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Western Carpathians
The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains.
The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland wit ...
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Outer Subcarpathian regions
Literature
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Maps
Vnější Západní Karpaty, d1.svg, Moravian-Silesian Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D1
Vnější Západní Karpaty, d2.svg, Silesian Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D2
Vnější Západní Karpaty, d3.svg, Wieliczka Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D3
Vnější Západní Karpaty, d4.svg, Wiśnicz Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D4
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Western Carpathians