Sudeten Foreland

Sudetes Foothills or Sudeten Foreland[1] (Przedgórze Sudeckie, Czech: Krkonošsko-jesenické podhůří, Sudetské podhůří, German: Sudetenvorland) is an area (macroregion) located north of the Sudetes proper, being connected with them, but separated from the Sudetes by a distinct tectonic line (Sudetic marginal fault). The region is divided between Poland and the Czech Republic.[2]

View from Ślęża
Sudetes Foothills in Poland

The highest elevation is Ślęża at 718 m above sea level.

From the northwest, the Sudetes Foothills border with the Silesian-Lusatian Lowland, from the northeast with the Silesian Lowland, from the southeast, south, and southwest with the Sudetes.

Rivers and waters

Nysa Kłodzka, Bystrzyca, Oława, Ślęza, Jezioro Otmuchowskie, Lake Mietkowskie and Paczkowski Bay.

Main cities

Świdnica, Dzierżoniów, Bielawa (partly), Świebodzice (partly), Strzegom, Ząbkowice Śląskie, Strzelin (partly), Pieszyce (partly), Ziębice, Paczków, Sobótka (partly), Żarów, Piława Górna, Jaworzyna Śląska, Otmuchów, Niemcza, Javorník (Czech Republic), Złoty Stok (partly), Bardo, and Žulová (Czech Republic).[2]

References

  1. Krzyszkowski, Dariusz; Bridgland, David R.; Allen, Peter; Westaway, Rob; Wachecka-Kotkowska, Lucyna; Czerwonka, Jerzy A. (March 2019). "Drainage evolution in the Polish Sudeten Foreland in the context of European fluvial archives". Quaternary Research. 91 (2): 493–519. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.77. ISSN 0033-5894. S2CID 133881610.
  2. "Mapa online: Przedgórze Sudeckie". Góry i ludzie (in Polish). 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2021-04-22.

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