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Western Beskidian Foothills
Wiśnicki Foothills, southern Poland
Highest point
Peak	Skalka
Elevation	964 m (3,163 ft)
Coordinates	49°33′12″N 18°17′54″E / 49.55333°N 18.29833°E / 49.55333; 18.29833
Naming
Native name	Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie (Polish) Západobeskydské podhůří (Czech)
Geography
Western Beskidian Foothills, marked in red and labeled with letter D
Countries	Czech Republic and Poland
Regions	Moravia, Czech Silesia and Lesser Poland
Parent range	Outer Western Carpathians
Borders on	Western Beskids and Central Beskidian Piedmont

The Western Beskidian Foothills (Czech: Západobeskydské podhůří, Polish: Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie) is a geological region in the northeastern corner of the Czech Republic and extending into southern Poland. The relatively modest foothills are considered part of the Outer Western Carpathians.

Subdivision

The Western Beskidian Foothills consists of four subranges (from west to east):

• Moravian-Silesian Foothills (Czech: Podbeskydská pahorkatina, Polish: Pogórze Śląsko-Morawskie)
• Silesian Foothills (Polish: Pogórze Śląskie)
• Wieliczka Foothills (Polish: Pogórze Wielickie)
• Wiśnicz Foothills (Polish: Pogórze Wiśnickie)

See also

• Beskids
• Western Beskids
• Western Carpathians
• Outer Subcarpathian regions

Literature

• Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 9789813103825.

Maps

• Moravian-Silesian Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D1
• Silesian Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D2
• Wieliczka Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D3
• Wiśnicz Foothills, marked in red and labeled with D4

Gallery

• Štramberk, Moravian-Silesian Foothills
• Skalka mountain seen from Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem, Moravian-Silesian Foothills
• Olza river between Cieszyn and Český Těšín, Silesian Foothills
• Chełm mountain seen from Godziszów, Silesian Foothills
• Basilica of St. Mary in the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park, Wieliczka Foothills
• One of the chapels in the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park, Wieliczka Foothills
• Lanckorona, Wieliczka Foothills
• Nowy Wiśnicz Castle, Wiśnicz Foothills
• Melsztyn Castle, Wiśnicz Foothills
• Nature reserve Kamień-Grzyb, Wiśnicz Foothills

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

• Western Carpathians