Western Beskids
The Western Beskids are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the 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 → e1
- *Moravian-Silesian Beskids → e2
- *Turzovka Highlands → e3
- *Jablunkov Furrow → e4
- *Rožnov Furrow → e5
- *Jablunkov Intermontane → e6
- *Silesian Beskids → e7
- *Żywiec Basin → e8
- Northern section of the Western Beskids:
- *Little Beskids → f1
- *Maków Beskids → f2
- *Island Beskids → f3
- *Gorce Mountains → f4
- *Rabka Basin → f5
- *Sącz Basin → f6
- Central section of the Western Beskids:
- *Orava Beskids + Żywiec Beskids → g1
- *Kysuce Beskids +Żywiec Beskids → g2
- *Orava Magura → g3
- *Orava Highlands → g4
- *Sub-Beskidian Furrow → g5
- *Sub-Beskidian Highlands → g6
- Eastern section of the Western Beskids:
- *Beskid Sądecki → h1
- *Čergov → h2
- *Pieniny → h3
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