This article gives an overview of the geomorphological division 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 ...

. It is ordered in a hierarchical form, belonging to the Alps-Himalaya System and to the sub-systems of the Carpathian Mountains and of the

Pannonian Basin The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense, with only th ...

. These subsystems are subsequently divided into provinces, sub-provinces and areas. Terminology (first Slovak, second English translation(s); see also

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Carpathian Mountains (Slovak: ''Karpaty'') (sub-system)

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 ...
(''Západné Karpaty'') (province)

Inner Western Carpathians (''Vnútorné Západné Karpaty'') (sub-province)

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Slovak Ore Mountains The Slovak Ore Mountains ( sk, Slovenské rudohorie , hu, Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység, german: Slowakisches Erzgebirge or Zips-Gemer-Erzgebirge) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's Sp ...
(''Slovenské rudohorie'') (area)

= * Vepor Mountains (''Veporské vrchy'') * Spiš-Gemer Karst (''Spišsko-gemerský kras'') * Stolica Mountains (''Stolické vrchy'') * Revúca Highlands (''Revúcka vrchovina'') * Volovec Mountains (''Volovské vrchy'') * Black Mountain, Slovakia (''Čierna hora'') * Rožňava Basin (''Rožňavská kotlina'') * Slovak Karst (''Slovenský kras'') and

Aggtelek Karst Aggtelek Karst is a karst area in northern Hungary. The area is especially well known for its abundance of caves, which were recorded together with those in neighboring Slovakia in 1995 to the list of World Heritage Site under the name of the ...

(Hungarian: ''Aggteleki-karszt''; lies in northern

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

)

= Fatransko-tatranská oblasť (Fatra-Tatra Area)

= * Little Carpathians (''Malé Karpaty'') * Považský Inovec * Tribeč * Strážov Mountains (''Strážovské vrchy'') * Žiar *

Malá Fatra Malá Fatra (; also Little Fatra or Lesser Fatra, pl, Mała Fatra, hu, Kis-Fátra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in the north-west of Central Slovakia. In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the Fatra-Tatra Area.Craig ...

(Lesser Fatra) * Veľká Fatra (Greater Fatra) * Starohorské vrchy * Chočské vrchy *

Tatra Mountains The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - '' plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the hi ...

(''Tatry'') *

Low Tatras The Low Tatras or Low Tatra ( sk, Nízke Tatry; hu, Alacsony-Tátra) is a mountain range of the Inner Western Carpathians in central Slovakia. It is located south of the Tatras proper, from which it is separated by the valleys of the Vá ...

(''Nízke Tatry'') * Kozie chrbty * Branisko * Žilinská kotlina (Žilina Basin) * Hornonitrianska kotlina (Upper Nitra Basin) * Turčianska kotlina (Turiec Basin) *

Podtatranská kotlina The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikulá ...

* Hornádska kotlina (Hornád Basin) * Horehronské podolie

Outer Western 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 ...
(''Vonkajšie Západné Karpaty'') (sub-province)

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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 ...
(''Slovensko-moravské Karpaty'') (area)

= *

White Carpathians The White Carpathians ( cs, Bílé Karpaty; sk, Biele Karpaty; german: Weiße Karpaten; hu, Fehér-Kárpátok) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the Slovak-Moravian ...

(''Biele Karpaty'') *

Javorníky The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľk� ...

* Myjavská pahorkatina (Myjava Hills) * Považské podolie

= Západné Beskydy (Western Beskids) (area)

= * Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy (Moravian-Silesian Beskids) * Turzovská vrchovina * Jablunkovské medzihorie

= Stredné Beskydy (Central Beskids) (area)

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Kysucké Beskydy The Kysucké Beskydy is a set of mountain ranges in the Kysuce region of northern Slovakia. Slovaks consider the mountains to belong to the Central Beskids, of the Outer Western Carpathians, while Poles classify them as part of the Western B ...

* Oravské Beskydy * Kysucká vrchovina * Podbeskydská brázda * Podbeskydská vrchovina * Oravská Magura * Oravská vrchovina (Orava Highlands)

= Východné Beskydy ("Eastern Beskids") (area)

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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. ...

* Ľubovnianska vrchovina * Čergov

= Podhôľno-magurská oblasť (Podhale-Magura Area)

= * Skorušinské vrchy * Podtatranská brázda * Spišská Magura * Levočské vrchy (Levoča Hills) * Bachureň * Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie * Šarišská vrchovina (Šariš Highlands) * Oravská kotlina (Orava Basin)

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 ...
(''Východné Karpaty'') (province)

Inner 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 ...
(''Vnútorné Východné Karpaty'') (sub-province)

= Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť (Vihorlat-Gutín Area)

= *

Vihorlat Mountains Vihorlat Mountains ( sk, Vihorlatské vrchy; ua, Вигорлат, ''Vyhorliat'') or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site. Etymolog ...

(''Vihorlatské vrchy'')

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 ...
(''Vonkajšie Východné Karpaty'') (sub-province)

= Poloniny Mountains (area)

= * Bukovské vrchy (Bukovec Mountains)

= Nízke Beskydy (''Low Beskids'') (area)

= * Busov * Ondavská vrchovina (Ondava Highlands) *

Laborecká vrchovina The Laborec Highlands (in Slovak, ''Laborecká vrchovina'') is a mountain range in northeastern Slovakia, part of the Lower Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The range is composed of Carpathian flysch. Bordered in the north by the Polis ...

(Laborec Highlands) * Beskydské predhorie (Beskidian Piedmont)

Pannonian Basin The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense, with only th ...
(''Panónska panva'') (sub-system)

Západopanónska panva (''West Pannonian Basin'')(province)

Vienna Basin The Vienna Basin (german: Wiener Becken, cz, Vídeňská pánev, sk, Viedenská kotlina, Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and t ...
(''Viedenská kotlina'') (sub-province)

= Záhorská nížina (Záhorie Lowland) (area)

= * Borská nížina * Chvojnická pahorkatina

= Juhomoravská panva (South Moravian Basin) (area)

= * Dolnomoravský úval

Malá dunajská kotlina (Little Hungarian Plain) (sub-province)

= Podunajská nížina (Danubian Lowland) (area)

= * Podunajská pahorkatina (Danubian Hills) * Podunajská rovina (Danubian Flat)

Východopanónska panva (Eastern Pannonian Basin) (province)

Veľká dunajská kotlina (Great Hungarian Plain) (sub-province)

= Východoslovenská nížina (Eastern Slovak Lowland) (area)

= * Východoslovenská pahorkatina (Eastern Slovak Hills) * Východoslovenská rovina (Eastern Slovak Flat)

Literature

*''Mazúr E., Lukniš M., Balatka B., Loučková J., Sládek J. (1986).'' Geomorfologické členenie SSR a ČSSR. Mapa mierky 1:500 000, Slovenská kartografia, SUGK, Bratislava. Geography of Slovakia