Eastern section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Východní část Západních Beskyd) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern
Polish and northern
Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the
Western Beskids, within the
Outer Western Carpathians.
In
geographic
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, a ...
classification, the term ''
Beskid Mountains'' has several definitions, related to distinctive historical and linguistic traditions. Depending on a particular classification, designation ''Eastern'' in relation to the Beskids is also used with different meanings. In
Slovak terminology, the term ''Eastern Beskids'' ( sk, Východné Beskydy) is used to designate the eastern section of the Western Beskids. In
Polish terminology, the same region is also classified as the eastern section of the Western Beskids, but not under the term ''Eastern Beskids'' ( pl, Beskidy Wschodnie), since that term is used to designate
Eastern Beskids
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 o ...
of 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 ...
.
Subdivisions
The Eastern section of the Western Beskids consist of:
*
Beskid Sądecki
Beskid Sądecki is a mountain range in the eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. It is located in the border region between Poland and Slovakia. On the Polish side, it stretches along an area of 670 ...
( pl, Beskid Sądecki) +
Ľubovňa Highlands ( sk, Ľubovnianska vrchovina)
*
Čergov ( pl, Góry Czerchowskie; sk, Čergov)
*
Pieniny
The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...
( pl, Pieniny; sk, Pieniny)
See also
*
Divisions of the 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 ...
*
Outer Western Carpathians
*
Western Beskids
*
Central section of the Western Beskids
Central section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Střední část Západních Beskyd; pl, Środkowa część Beskidów Zachodnich) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of t ...
References
Sources
*
*
*
*
{{Authority control
Mountain ranges of Slovakia
Mountain ranges of Poland
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians