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Western Beskids
Čeladenka River in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids
Highest point
Peak	Lysá hora
Elevation	1,323 m (4,341 ft)
Coordinates	49°32′45″N 18°26′51″E / 49.54583°N 18.44750°E / 49.54583; 18.44750
Naming
Native name	Západní Beskydy (Czech) Beskidy Zachodnie (Polish)
Geography
Countries	Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland
Regions	Moravia, Czech Silesia and Lesser Poland
Parent range	Outer Western Carpathians
Borders on	West Beskidian Foothills, Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, Central Beskids, Podhale-Magura Area, Central Beskidian Piedmont and Lower Beskids

The Western Beskids (Czech: Západní Beskydy; Slovak: Západné Beskydy; Polish: Beskidy Zachodnie; German: Westbeskiden) 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 (Czech: Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) → e1
  • Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Slovak: Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) → e2
  • Turzovka Highlands (Slovak: Turzovská vrchovina) → e3
  • Jablunkov Furrow (Czech: Jablunkovská brázda) → e4
  • Rožnov Furrow (Czech: Rožnovská brázda) → e5
  • Jablunkov Intermontane (Slovak: Jablunkovské medzihorie, Czech: Jablunkovské mezihoří) → e6
  • Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski, Czech: Slezské Beskydy) → e7
  • Żywiec Basin (Polish: Kotlina Żywiecka) → e8
• Northern section of the Western Beskids:
  • Little Beskids (Polish: Beskid Mały) → f1
  • Maków Beskids (Polish: Beskid Makowski) → f2
  • Island Beskids (Polish: Beskid Wyspowy) → f3
  • Gorce Mountains (Polish: Gorce) → f4
  • Rabka Basin (Polish: Kotlina Rabczańska) → f5
  • Sącz Basin (Polish: Kotlina Sądecka) → f6
• Central section of the Western Beskids:
  • Orava Beskids (SK: Oravské Beskydy) + Żywiec Beskids (PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" - Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy" - Kysuce-Orava Beskids) → g1
  • Kysuce Beskids (SK: Kysucké Beskydy) +Żywiec Beskids (PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy") → g2
  • Orava Magura (SK: Oravská Magura) → g3
  • Orava Highlands (SK: Oravská vrchovina) → g4
  • Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: Podbeskydská brázda) → g5
  • Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: Podbeskydská vrchovina) → g6
• Eastern section of the Western Beskids:
  • Beskid Sądecki (Polish: Beskid Sądecki) → h1
  • Čergov (Polish: Góry Czerchowskie; Slovak: Čergov) → h2
  • Pieniny (Polish: Pieniny; Slovak: Pieniny) → h3

See also

• Western Beskidian Foothills
• Podhale-Magura Area
• Outer Western Carpathians
• Divisions of the Carpathians

Maps

• Parts of Western Beskids, within the borders of Poland
• Babia Góra, the highest peak of the Orava Beskids, within central section of Western Beskids
• Pieniny Mountains, the eastern ranges of Western Beskids

Sources

• Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 9789813103825.
• Kondracki, Jerzy (1977). Regiony fizycznogeograficzne Polski. Warszawa: Wydawa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
• Kondracki, Jerzy (1989). Problemy standaryzacji nazw geograficznych. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PWN.
• Kondracki, Jerzy (2000) . Geografia regionalna Polski (2. ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 9788301130503.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Western Beskyd

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 the Western Carpathians
• Mountain ranges of Slovakia
• Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
• Mountain ranges of Poland
• Lesser Poland Voivodeship
• Silesian Voivodeship