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The Sudetes (/ s uː ˈ d iː t iː z / soo-DEE-teez), also known as the Sudeten Mountains or Sudetic Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince of the Bohemian Massif province in Central Europe, shared by the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. They consist mainly of mountain ranges and are the highest part of Bohemian Massif.
Two major mountain ranges populate Poland's south-east and south-west borders, respectively: the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains mountain ranges. Those ranges are located both within and outside of Poland. Within Poland, neither of them is forbidding enough to prevent substantial habitation; the Carpathians are especially densely populated.
Giant Mountains National Park (Polish: Karkonoski Park Narodowy) is a National Park in the Giant Mountains in the Sudetes in southwestern Poland, along the border with the Czech Republic. [2] The national park is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the highest part of the Sudetes. It was created in 1959, covering an area of 55.10 km 2.
The Ślęża (Polish: [ˈɕlɛ̃ʐa]; German: Zobten or Zobtenberg, later also Siling) is a 718 m (2,356 ft) high mountain in the Sudeten Foreland in Poland. The mountain is built mostly of granite and is covered with forests. The top of the mountain has a PTTK tourist mountain hut, a television and radio mast, the Church of the Visitation of ...
Sudetes Foothills or Sudeten Foreland [1] (Przedgórze Sudeckie, Czech: Krkonošsko-jesenické podhůří, Sudetské podhůří, Silesian: Przednio ziymia Sudeten, 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).
Králický Sněžník Mountains in the geomorphological system of Poland Sněžník marble from Horní Morava. The Králický Sněžník Mountains is a mesoregion of the Eastern Sudetes within the Sudetes in the Bohemian Massif. All the highest mountains are located close to the Czech–Polish border or on the Czech side. The largest mountains are:
Małe Organy Myśliborskie lava formation in Kaczawskie Mountains. The Kaczawskie Mountains or Katzbach Mountains (Polish: Góry Kaczawskie; German: Katzbachgebirge) are a mountain range in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It is roughly 30 kilometres long and belongs to the Western Sudetes. Its highest peak is the Skopiec (719 m).
In eastern Poland there are a number of ancient woodlands, like Białowieża forest, that have never been cleared by people. There are also large forested areas in the mountains, Masuria, Pomerania, Lubusz Land and Lower Silesia. Poland is the most important breeding ground for a variety of European migratory birds. [20]