Ondavská Highlands

The Ondavská Highlands (in Slovak, ''Ondavská vrchovina'') is a mountain range in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...

of Slovakia, named for the

Ondava The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south throug ...

River. The mountains are part of the

Lower Beskids The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several traditi ...

ranges (known in Polish terminology as the ''

Central Beskids The Low Beskids () or Central Beskids (; ; ) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. Since there are several traditi ...

''), which are in turn part of the

Outer Eastern 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 Sy ...

. The mountains are characterized by gentle ridges, mostly wooded in deciduous forests of oak and beech, with long valleys formed by the Ondava and

Topľa Topľa (, ) is a river in eastern Slovakia and right tributary of the Ondava. It is long and its basin covers an area of . It rises in the Čergov, Čergov mountains, flows through Ondava Highlands, Beskids, Beskidian Piedmont, Eastern Slovak Hill ...

Rivers, and numerous hiking trails throughout. The valleys are occupied by agricultural lands. The highest elevations are the ''Stebnícka Magura'' (900 meters), ''Javorina'' (881 meters), ''Smilniansky vrch'' (750 meters), ''Filipovský vrch'' (705 meters), ''Kačalová'' (676 meters) and ''Čierna hora'' (667 meters). These highlands border the

Laborec Highlands Dukliansky priesmyk Vysny Komarnik

The Laborec High ...

. Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians Highlands {{Slovakia-geo-stub