The Lučenec-Košice Depression (in
Slovak, ''Lučensko-košická zníženina'') is a geological feature on the border of Slovakia and northeastern Hungary.
The basin is considered part of the
Inner Western Carpathians. Broadly it separates the
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 ...
on the north from the
North Hungarian Mountains
The North Hungarian Mountains ( hu, Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the norther ...
on the south.
The basin consists of:
* the
Southern Slovak Basin (SK: ''Juhoslovenská kotlina'') +
Central Ipoly Basin (HU: ''Középsö-Ipoly-medence'') +
Borsod Hills (HU: ''Borsodi-dombság'')
* the
Bodva Hills (SK: ''Bodvianska pahorkatina'')
* the
Košice Basin
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...
(SK: ''Košická kotlina'') +
Hernád-Valley Basin (HU: ''Hernádvölgy-medence'')
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Western Carpathians