The Oderské vrchy (in English the Oder Mountains or, less commonly, Odra Highlands) is a mountain range in the

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. It is a geomorphological microregion, part of the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (german: Niederes Gesenke, pl, Niski Jesionik) is a flat highland and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian regions. Nízký Jeseník is ...

mountain range within the

Eastern Sudetes The Eastern Sudetes ( pl, Sudety Wschodnie, cs, Východní Sudety or ''Jesenická oblast'') are the eastern part of the Sudetes mountains on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Kłodzko Valley and the Eastern Neis ...

(part of the

Sudetes The Sudetes ( ; pl, Sudety; german: Sudeten; cs, Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie), commonly known as the Sudeten Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince in Central Europe, shared by Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. They consi ...

). The highest peak is Fidlův kopec at a height of . In the Oderské vrchy is the source of the

Oder The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows ...

river, the second longest river in

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Geography

The range is located entirely in

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territory and create a slight highland within the Eastern Sudetes mountains. To the southeast, the Oderské vrchy borders the

Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate ( cs, Moravská brána, pl, Brama Morawska, german: Mährische Pforte, sk, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the ...

that separates it from the

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 ...

. Otherwise they are surrounded by other smaller mountain ranges that belong to Nízký Jeseník. Large part of the mountains are part of the Libavá military training area. Though recently reduced in size, this area, except for the trails to the source of the Oder river, is not open to tourists or visitors.

Population

The area is very sparsely populated, there is no significant settlement in the mountain range. The closest cities and towns are

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on t ...

in the west, and

Lipník nad Bečvou Lipník nad Bečvou (; german: Leipnik) is a town in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservatio ...

and Hranice in the south.

Nature park

A nature park named ''Oderské vrchy'' is located outside the mountain range (in the Vítkov Highlands within the Nízký Jeseník), northeast of the range. It comprises an area of with the towns of Odry,

Fulnek Fulnek () is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative pa ...

and Bílovec.

References

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