The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, and

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 ...

. Geologically the Western Beskids are 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 ...

. Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part 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 ...

, a term that differs according to historical and linguistic heritage.

Subdivision

The Western Beskids consist of the following mountain ranges: *Western section of the Western Beskids: **

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains ( cs, Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce plantations. Most visited are the bordering Rožnovsk� ...

(Czech: ''Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina'') → e1 **

Moravian-Silesian Beskids The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , sk, Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part o ...

(Czech: ''Moravskoslezské Beskydy'', Slovak: ''Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy'') → e2 **

Turzovka Highlands Turzovka ( hu, Turzófalva) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. History The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968. This town became w ...

(Slovak: ''Turzovská vrchovina'') → e3 **

Jablunkov Furrow Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amou ...

(Czech: ''Jablunkovská brázda'') → e4 **

Rožnov Furrow Rožnov is name of several places in the Czech Republic: *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 inhabit ...

(Czech: ''Rožnovská brázda'') → e5 **

Jablunkov Intermontane Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amou ...

(Slovak: ''Jablunkovské medzihorie'', Czech: ''Jablunkovské mezihoří'') → e6 **

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 ...

(Polish: ''Beskid Śląski'', Czech: ''Slezské Beskydy'') → e7 **

Żywiec Basin Żywiec Basin ( pl, Kotlina ŻywieckaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Little Beskids to the north, Silesian Beskids to the we ...

(Polish: ''Kotlina Żywiecka'') → e8 *Northern section of the Western Beskids: **

Little Beskids The Little Beskids () is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Western Beskids ranges of the Outer Western Carpathians in southeastern Poland. Within the range is the protected area known as Little Beskids Landscape Park. Its highest mount ...

( pl, Beskid Mały) → f1 **

Maków Beskids The Maków Beskids ( pl, Beskid Makowski) is a mountain range in south-central Poland, part of the Western Beskids within the Outer Western Carpathians. Its highest peak is Mędralowa (1169 meters), within a total area of 900 square kilometers, a ...

( pl, Beskid Makowski) → f2 **

Island Beskids The Island Beskids (in Polish, ''Beskid Wyspowy'') is a mountain range in southern Poland, part of the Western Beskids of the Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. B ...

( pl, Beskid Wyspowy) → f3 **

Gorce Mountains The Gorce Mountains ( pl, Gorce ) are part of the Western Beskids mountain range spreading across southernmost Poland. They are situated in Małopolska Province, at the western tip of the long Carpathian range extending east beyond the Dunajec Ri ...

( pl, Gorce) → f4 **

Rabka Basin Rabka may refer to the following places: * Rabka, Tibet, a village in China * Rabka-Zdrój Rabka-Zdrój (, in Goral dialects: ''Robka'', colloquially: ''Rabka'') is a spa town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is located between Kraków a ...

( pl, Kotlina Rabczańska) → f5 ** Sącz Basin ( pl, Kotlina Sądecka) → f6 * Central section of the Western Beskids: ** 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) → g1 ** Kysuce Beskids (SK: ''Kysucké Beskydy'') +

(PL: ''Beskid Żywiecki'') (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy") → g2 ** Orava Magura (SK: ''Oravská Magura'') → g3 **

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'') → g4 ** Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: ''Podbeskydská brázda'') → g5 ** Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: ''Podbeskydská vrchovina'') → g6 *

Eastern section of the Western Beskids Eastern section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Východní část Západních Beskyd) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Out ...

: **

Beskid Sądecki Beskid Sądecki is a mountain range in the eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. It is located in the border region between Poland and Slovakia. On the Polish side, it stretches along an area of 670& ...

( pl, Beskid Sądecki) → h1 **

Čergov Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Polish name for the range is ''Góry Czerchowskie'', the Czerchów Mountains. In Polish te ...

( pl, Góry Czerchowskie; sk, Čergov) → h2 **

Pieniny The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...

( pl, Pieniny; sk, Pieniny) → h3

Maps

Image:Beskidy Zachodnie.png, Parts of Western Beskids, within the borders of Poland Image:8maja2006 babiagora 035.jpg,

Babia Góra Babia Góra (in Polish), or Babia hora (in Slovak), literally Old Wives' or Witches' Mountain, is a massif situated on the border between Poland and Slovakia in the Western Beskid Mountains. The name is also applied to the culmination of the ...

, the highest peak of the Orava Beskids, within central section of Western Beskids Image:Panorama Pieniny from Trzy Korony.jpg,

Mountains, the eastern ranges of Western Beskids

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External links

Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Western Beskyd
{{Carpathian Mountains Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Mountain ranges of Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship

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