Western Sudetes

The Western Sudetes (Polish: Sudety Zachodnie; Czech: Krkonošská oblast; German: Westsudeten) are a geomorphological macroregion, the western part of the Sudetes subprovince on the borders of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. They are formed mostly by mountain ranges. They stretch from the Bóbr river in the east to the Elbe and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the west.[1]

Western Sudetes
The Giant Mountains, Sněžka
Highest point
PeakSněžka
Elevation1,603 m (5,259 ft)
Coordinates50°44′10″N 15°44′24″E
Geography
Divisions of the Sudetes subprovince, Western Sudetes marked in red
CountriesCzech Republic, Germany and Poland
RegionsÚstí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové (Czech Rep.), Saxony (Germany) and Lower Silesia (Poland)
Parent rangeSudetes

Divisions

The Western Sudetes are further divided into mesoregions (number indicates its location on the infobox map):

References

  1. Aleksandrowski, P.; Mazur, S. (2002). "Collage tectonics in the northeasternmost part of the Variscan Belt: the Sudetes, Bohemian Massif". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 201 (1): 237–277. Bibcode:2002GSLSP.201..237A. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.201.01.12. S2CID 140166878.


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