Czech Republic geomorphological division map level1 colour

In terms of geomorphological division, the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

is a very diverse territory, located in the territory of four

geomorphological Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topography, topographic and bathymetry, bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. Ge ...

provinces within four geomorphological subsystems. The Bohemian Massif within the sub-system of

Hercynian Forest The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched across Western Central Europe, from North French Scarplands, Northeastern France to the Carpathian Mountains, including most of Southern Germany, though its boundaries are a mat ...

forms three quarters of the country. The southeastern and eastern part of the Czech territory belongs to the Western Carpathians within the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinav ...

. The remaining two provinces, Western Pannonian Plain within the

Pannonian Basin The Pannonian Basin, with the term Carpathian Basin being sometimes preferred in Hungarian literature, is a large sedimentary basin situated in southeastern Central Europe. After the Treaty of Trianon following World War I, the geomorpholog ...

and North European Plain within the European Plain, cover only a small part of the Czech territory in the southeast and northeast. The provinces are further subdivided into subprovinces, macroregions, mesoregions, microregions and areas. The generally accepted division of the relief of the Czech Republic into subprovinces, macroregions and mesoregions is given below.

Maps

CZE geomorf.PNG, Subprovinces of the Czech Republic Geomorfologické clenení Ceska.png, Macroregions of the Czech Republic Czech Republic geomorphological division map level3 colour level4 number.png, Mesoregions of the Czech Republic

Basic geomorphological division

Note: Some mesoregions extend beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. The area, average altitude and highest point correspond to the territory of mesoregions only in the Czech Republic.

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Literature

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External links

Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic
in the map portal of the State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre {{Czech Republic topics * Physiographic divisions