Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains () is a mountain range in the
Zlín Region of the
Czech Republic
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The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary
spruce
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plantations. Most visited are the bordering Rožnovská Bečva river valley in the north (with
Valašské Meziříčí and
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm towns and Dolní, Prostřední and Horní (i.e. ''Lower, Middle'' and ''Upper'') Bečva resorts) and the southern Vsetínská Bečva river valley starting in the town of
Vsetín with the resort of Velké Karlovice.
The Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains are part of the Western
Carpathians, it is divided by the
Bečva River valley into the lower eastern ''Hostýnské vrchy'' and the higher western ''Vsetínské vrchy'' which are a part of the
Beskydy Landscape Protected Area. They are built mainly of
flysch deposits and their high sediments in both Bečva rivers valleys. The flysch slopes are rather unstable and thus small landslides are typical for this area. The highest point is
Vysoká (i.e. ''High Mountain''), at , in the easternmost part of the range.
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Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
Geography of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Highlands