The Central Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Středomoravské Karpaty) are a mountain range within the

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

belonging to the Outer

Western Carpathians The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland wit ...

. Despite the name, they stand in southern

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

, east of Brno. In the east, they border on the

Slovak-Moravian Carpathians The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK: ''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it was known in Hungarian as ''Magyar-morva határhegység ...

; in the south, they stretch down to the

Thaya The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower Au ...

Valley and the South-Moravian Carpathians. The mountains are mostly forested, planted with beech and spruce trees.

Agriculture

It is one of the most important agricultural areas for wine grapes, apricots and peaches, and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.

Subdivision

The Central Moravian Carpathians are

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subdivided into: *

Ždánice Forest The Ždánice Forest (in Czech, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the Czech Republic, geologically part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The a ...

(Czech: ''Ždánický les'') *Litenčice Hills (''Litenčická pahorkatina'') * Chřiby, with Mt. Brdo, highest point of the Moravian uplands *

Kyjov Hills The Kyjov Hills ( cs, Kyjovská pahorkatina) is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpath ...

(''Kyjovská pahorkatina''). {{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians