The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges of the

Beskids The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west ...

, within the

Outer Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

. As a continuation of the Central Beskids, this mountain range includes the far southeastern corner of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, the far eastern corner of

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, and stretches southward through western parts of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, up to the border of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

.Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Polonynian Beskyd
/ref> In Polish and Ukrainian terminology, the range is commonly called the "Eastern Beskids" ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie), while in Slovakia, the term ''Meadowed Mountains'' ( sk, Poloniny) is also used. The scope of those terms varies in accordance to different traditions and classifications. At the three-way border, portions of the Slovak

Bukovec Mountains The Bukovec Mountains ( sk, Bukovské vrchy; hu, Ungi-határhegység) is a flysch mountain range in north-eastern Slovakia, part of the Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is located in the Prešov Region near the borders with ...

( sk, Bukovské vrchy), the Polish

Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...

( pl, Bieszczady Zachodnie), and the adjacent "Uzhansky National Nature Park" and Nadsiansky Regional Landscape Park in Ukraine form the transnational

East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve The East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve is a transboundary protected area, designated as an area of global importance under UNESCO's Programme on Man and the Biosphere.It is located in the Eastern Carpathians and includes parts of three countries: ...

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East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve map (en)

The Eastern Beskids are commonly divided into two parallel ridges: Wooded Beskids and

Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...

. Wooded Beskids (PL: Beskidy Lesiste; UA: Лісисті Бескиди): *

(PL: Bieszczady; UK: Бещади) → c1 ** Western Bieszczady (PL: Bieszczady Zachodnie; UA: Західні Бещади) mainly in Poland and Slovakia, including the

(SK: Bukovské vrchy) ** Eastern Bieszczady (PL: Bieszczady Wschodnie; UA: Східні Бещади), mainly in Ukraine * Sanok-Turka Mountains (PL: Góry Sanocko-Turczańskie; UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди / ''Verkhnodnistrovski Beskydy'') → c3 * Skole Beskids (PL: Beskidy Skolskie; UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2 *

Gorgany Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1 ...

(PL: Gorgany; UA: Ґорґани) → c4 * Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (PL: Beskidy Pokucko-Bukowińskie; UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати / ''Pokutsko-Bukovinski Karpaty'') → c5

(PL: Beskidy Połonińskie; UA: Полонинські Бескиди): * Smooth Polonyna (PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6 * Polonyna Borzhava (PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7 * Polonyna Kuk (PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8 * Red Polonyna (PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9 * Svydovets (PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10 * Chornohora (PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11 * Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12

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Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Inner Carpathian Valley

Carpathian Mountains: Division (map)
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