The Mikulov Highlands ( cs, Mikulovská vrchovina) is a mountain range in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...

of the

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. The Highlands, together with the Waschberg Zone and Lower Austria Inselberg threshold, form the South-Moravian Carpathians.

Geography

The Mikulov Highlands rise to the south of the

Thaya The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower Au ...

between Nový Přerov, the Nové Mlýny reservoirs, Bulhary,

Mikulov Mikulov (; german: Nikolsburg; yi, ניקאלשבורג, ''Nikolshburg'') is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Mikulov is well preserved and ...

, and the

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n border. The Highlands have an area of and an average height of . The highest peak is Děvín at ; other peaks are ''Obora'' (), ''Stolova hora'' (), ''Pálava'' (), ''Stará hora'' (), and ''Turold '' (). To the north is the Thaya River valley, the natural border with Lower Morava Valley. To the east is the mountainous region between the Thaya and Včelínek, also from the Lower Morava Valley. To the southeast is the March Field, and to the southwest a ridge in Austria in the Waschberg Zone which forms the western border of the Thaya valley. Geomorphological subunits form Pálava (''Pavlov Hills'') and the hill country ''Milovická pahorkatina''. The mountain range is partly fenced and contains several

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that constitute part of the Mikulovská wine sub-region. Most of the Highlands are, since 1976, part of the large nature reserve Pálava Landscape Protected Area and since 1986 registered by

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Dolní Morava.

References

* Geografický místopisný slovník, Academia, Praha, 1993. Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians Highlands Břeclav District {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub