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Podhale-Magura Area
Levoča Mountains, Slovakia
Highest point
Peak	Skorušina
Elevation	1,314 m (4,311 ft)
Coordinates	49°17′53″N 19°41′31″E / 49.29806°N 19.69194°E / 49.29806; 19.69194
Naming
Native name	Podhôľno-magurská oblasť (Slovak) Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie (Polish)
Geography
Podhale-Magura Area ranges (marked in red) within the Outer Western Carpathians
Countries	Slovakia and Poland
Regions	Žilina, Prešov and Lesser Poland
Parent range	Outer Western Carpathians
Borders on	Central Beskids, (Polish) Western Beskids, Lower Beskids and Fatra-Tatra Area

The Podhale-Magura Area (Slovak: Podhôľno-magurská oblasť; known in Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie) — is a geomorphologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians within the Carpathian Mountains system.

Subdivision

The Podhale-Magura Area consists of:

• Skorušina Mountains (SK: Skorušinské vrchy) + Spiš-Gubałówka Highlands (PL: Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie)
• Sub-Tatra Trench (SK: Podtatranská brázda, PL: Rów Podtatrzański)
• Spiš Magura (SK: Spišská Magura) + Spiš-Gubałówka Highlands (PL: Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie)
• Levoča Mountains (SK: Levočské vrchy), with its highest point, Čierna hora (Black Mountain), 1,289 metres
• Bachureň (SK)
• Spiš-Šariš Intermontane (SK: Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie)
• Šariš Highlands (SK: Šarišská vrchovina)
• Orava Basin (SK: Oravská kotlina) + Orava-Nowy Targ Basin (PL: Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska)

The adjacent Pieniny range is sometimes considered part of the Podhale-Magura Area; otherwise considered as part of the Eastern section of the Western Beskids.

External links

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v t e Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
Western Carpathians	Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians Western Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids (Eastern section, Central section) Podhale-Magura Area
Eastern Carpathians	Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Central Beskids Eastern Beskids (Polonynian Beskids) Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Southern Carpathians	Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
Western Romanian Carpathians	Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains
Serbian Carpathians	Homolje Mountains Kučaj Mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan
Adjacent regions	Transylvanian Plateau (Transylvanian Plain) Outer Subcarpathian depressions
Grouping by country	Hungarian Carpathians Polish Carpathians Romanian Carpathians Serbian Carpathians Slovak Carpathians Ukrainian Carpathians

• Mountain ranges of Slovakia
• Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
• Geography of Prešov Region
• Geography of Žilina Region
• Landforms of Lesser Poland Voivodeship