Western Sudetes

Western Sudetes
Western Sudetes
	The Giant Mountains, Sněžka
Highest point
Peak	Sněžka
Elevation	1,603 m (5,259 ft)
Coordinates	50°44′10″N 15°44′24″E / 50.73611°N 15.74000°E
Geography
	Divisions of the Sudetes subprovince, Western Sudetes marked in red
Countries	Czech Republic, Germany and Poland
Regions	Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové (Czech Rep.), Saxony (Germany) and Lower Silesia (Poland)
Parent range	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.

Geography

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]

The Western Sudetes includes the Giant Mountains, which is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. All the highest mountains of the Western Sudetes are located in this mountain range. The highest peak is the Sněžka at 1,603 m (5,259 ft).

Divisions

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

Number	Name	Location	Highest point
1	West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands	DE
2	Upper Lusatian Gefilde	DE
3	Lusatian Highlands	CZ, DE	608 m (1,995 ft) (Hrazený)
4	Zittau Basin	DE, CZ, PL	593 m (1,946 ft) (Prosečský hřeben)
5	Lusatian Mountains	CZ, DE	793 m (2,602 ft) (Luž)
6	Jizera Foreland	PL, CZ	573 m (1,880 ft) (Andělský vrch)
7	Jizera Mountains	CZ, PL	1,127 m (3,698 ft) (Wysoka Kopa)
8	Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge	CZ	1,012 m (3,320 ft) (Ještěd)
9	Kaczawskie Foothills	PL
10	Kaczawskie Mountains	PL	719 m (2,359 ft) (Skopiec)
11	Jelenia Góra Valley	PL
12	Rudawy Janowickie	PL	936 m (3,071 ft) (Ostra Mała)
13	Giant Mountains	CZ, PL	1,603 m (5,259 ft) (Sněžka)
14	Giant Mountains Foothills	CZ	835 m (2,740 ft) (Hejlov)
15	Waldenburg Mountains	PL	853 m (2,799 ft) (Borowa)

References

^ 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.