:''not to be confused with the nearby
Zemplén Mountains''
The Zemplín Mountains is a small mountain range in southeastern Slovakia, geologically part of the
Mátra-Slanec Area of the
Inner 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 ...
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The range of about 101 square kilometers is near the border of Hungary and its
Tokaj wine region
Tokaj wine region ( hu, Tokaji borvidék sk, Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj) or Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region (short ''Tokaj-Hegyalja'' or ''Hegyalja'') is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is also ...
. The highest mountain of the range is ''Rozhladňa'' (469 meters). An important river is
Roňava which also forms the border with Hungary; another river with its headwaters here is the
Bodrog
The Bodrog is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary to the river Tisza. The Bodrog is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica near Zemplín in eastern Slovakia. It crosses the Slovak–H ...
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Mountain ranges of Slovakia
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians