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 (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

mountain range within the Eastern Sudetes (part of the

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

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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 that separates it from the Western Carpathians. 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 (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

in the west, and

Lipník nad Bečvou Lipník nad Bečvou (; ) is a town in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reser ...

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 and Bílovec.

References

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