Western Beskids
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Lower Beskids |
The Western Beskids (
Outer Western Carpathians
.
Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of the Beskids, a term that differs according to historical and linguistic heritage.
Subdivision
The Western Beskids consist of the following mountain ranges:
- Western section of the Western Beskids:
- Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains(Czech: Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) → e1
- Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Slovak: Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) → e2
- Turzovka Highlands (Slovak: Turzovská vrchovina) → e3
- Jablunkov Furrow (Czech: Jablunkovská brázda) → e4
- Rožnov Furrow (Czech: Rožnovská brázda) → e5
- Jablunkov Intermontane (Slovak: Jablunkovské medzihorie, Czech: Jablunkovské mezihoří) → e6
- Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski, Czech: Slezské Beskydy) → e7
- Żywiec Basin (Polish: Kotlina Żywiecka) → e8
- Northern section of the Western Beskids:
- Little Beskids (Polish: Beskid Mały) → f1
- Maków Beskids (Polish: Beskid Makowski) → f2
- Island Beskids (Polish: Beskid Wyspowy) → f3
- Gorce Mountains (Polish: Gorce) → f4
- Rabka Basin (Polish: Kotlina Rabczańska) → f5
- Sącz Basin (Polish: Kotlina Sądecka) → f6
- Central section of the Western Beskids:
- Orava Beskids (SK: Oravské Beskydy) + Żywiec Beskids(PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" - Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy" - Kysuce-Orava Beskids) → g1
- Kysuce Beskids (SK: Kysucké Beskydy) +Żywiec Beskids(PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy") → g2
- Orava Magura (SK: Oravská Magura) → g3
- Orava Highlands (SK: Oravská vrchovina) → g4
- Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: Podbeskydská brázda) → g5
- Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: Podbeskydská vrchovina) → g6
See also
- Western Beskidian Foothills
- Podhale-Magura Area
- Outer Western Carpathians
- Divisions of the Carpathians
Maps
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Parts of Western Beskids, within the borders of Poland -
Orava Beskids, within central section of Western Beskids -
Pieniny Mountains, the eastern ranges of Western Beskids
Sources
- Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 9789813103825.
- Kondracki, Jerzy (1977). Regiony fizycznogeograficzne Polski. Warszawa: Wydawa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
- Kondracki, Jerzy (1989). Problemy standaryzacji nazw geograficznych. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PWN.
- Kondracki, Jerzy (2000) [1998]. Geografia regionalna Polski (2. ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 9788301130503.
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