Outer Subcarpathia ( pl, Podkarpacie Zewnętrzne; uk, Прикарпаття, ''Prykarpattia''; cs, Vněkarpatské sníženiny; german: Karpatenvorland) denotes the depression area at the outer (western, northern and eastern) base of the

Carpathian The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

arc, including foothills of the Outer Western Carpathians and Outer Eastern Carpathians. It stretches from northeastern Austria, through eastern Czech Republic, southern Poland, western Ukraine and northeastern Romania. The opposite foothill regions on the inner side of the Carpathian arc are known as ''Inner Subcarpathia'', transitioning further to the Pannonian Basin.Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Inner Carpathian Valley
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The western end is marked by the (northern) Vienna Basin, separating it from the Eastern Alpine Foreland. The adjacent hilly landscape of the Lower Austrian Weinviertel region with its extensive

loess Loess (, ; from german: Löss ) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loess or similar deposits. Loess is a periglacial or aeolian ...

layers border on the limestone rock formations of the

South-Moravian Carpathians The South-Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Jihomoravské Karpaty), also called Austrian - South-Moravian Carpathians (german: Österreichisch-Südmährische Karpaten) are a mountain range of the Divisions of the Carpathians, Outer Western Carpathians alo ...

. In the Czech Republic, the depression is situated on the outskirts of the White Carpathians in Moravia, including the

Pálava Protected Landscape Area The Pálava Protected Landscape Area (abbreviated Pálava PLA; cs, Chráněná krajinná oblast Pálava, abbreviated ''CHKO Pálava'') is a protected landscape area and a UNESCO biosphere reserve located in the South Moravian Region in the Czech ...

. In Poland they stretch along the

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

to the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, part of the

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historic region that leads to Ukraine ( Lviv,

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

and Chernivtsi Oblast) and the Dniester Basin. In Romania, the depression ends east of the Carpathian arc on the upper

Moldova River The Moldova () is a river in Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is a right tributary of the river Siret. The river rises from the Obcina Feredeu Mountains of Bukovina in Suceava County and joins the Siret in Cotu Vameș, east of ...

within the

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

and Moldavia regions, bordering on the Wallachian Plain in the south.

Subdivisions

Weinviertel Foothills The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria. In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western nei ...

(DE: ''Weinviertler Hügelland''; CZ: ''Weinviertelská pahorkatina''; PL: ''Pogórze Weinviertel'') *

Dyje–Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley ( cs, Dyjsko-svratecký úval, german: Thaya-Schwarza Talsenke) is a geomorphological feature (a special type of vale) in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. History The Dyje–Svratka Valley has been a natural ...

(DE: ''Thaya-Schwarza-Talsenke''; CZ: ''Dyjsko-svratecký úval'') → A1.1 *

Vyškov Gate The Vyškov Gate ( cs, Vyškovská brána, pl, Brama Wyszkówska, german: Wischau Pforte, sk, Vyškovská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Moun ...

(CZ: ''Vyškovská brána'') → A1.2 *

Upper Moravian Valley Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

(CZ: ''Hornomoravský úval'') → A1.3 *

Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate ( cs, Moravská brána, pl, Brama Morawska, german: Mährische Pforte, sk, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the ...

(CZ: ''Moravská brána'') → A1.4 *

Ostrava Basin Ostrava Basin ( cs, Ostravská pánev, german: Ostrauer Becken, pl, Kotlina OstrawskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland region, located in eastern Czech Republic and s ...

(CZ: ''Ostravská pánev'', PL: ''Kotlina Ostrawska'') → A1.5 *

Oświęcim Basin Oświęcim Basin ( pl, Kotlina OświęcimskaProf. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian F ...

(PL: ''Kotlina Oświęcimska'') → A1.6 *

Kraków Gate Kraków Gate ( pl, Brama Krakowska) is one of the few rock gates in Ojców National Park. It is in the Valley of the Pradnik and closes the outlet of the Cracow Gorge Gateway to the valley. It is a classic example of the gates of rock. The name ...

(PL: ''Brama Krakowska'') → A1.7 * Sandomierz Basin (PL: ''Kotlina Sandomierska'') + San-Dniester Plain (PL: ''Płaskowyż Sańsko-Dniestrzański''; UA: ''Сянсько-Дністровська рівнина'') → B1.1 *

Upper Dniester Valley Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

(UA: ''Верхньодністровська улоговина'') → B1.2 *

Drohobych Highlands Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hro ...

(PL: ''Wysoczyzna Drohobycka''; UA: ''Дрогобицька височина'') → B1.3 *

Dniester Plain The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

(UA: ''Придністровська рівнина'') → B1.4 * Pokutian Upland (UA: ''Покутська височина'') → B1.5 *

Bukovinian Highlands Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter Berger ...

(UA: ''Буковинське Прикарпаття''; RO: ''Podișul Bucovinei'') +

Suceava Plateau Suceava Plateau ( ro, Podișul Sucevei) is a geographic area in the NE Romania (parts of Suceava, Botoșani, Iași, and Neamț counties), and SW Ukraine (parts of Chernivtsi Oblast). Suceava Plateau is the NW part of the Moldavian Plateau The M ...

(RO: ''Podișul Sucevei'') → B1.6 * Moldavia-Siret Groove (RO: ''Culoarul Moldova-Siret'') → B1.7 *

Moldavian Subcarpathians Moldavian Subcarpathians ( ro, Subcarpații Moldovei) is a geographic area located in the northeast of Romania, to the east of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. The Moldavian Subcarpathians are considered to be part of the Moldavian Plateau. They a ...

(RO: ''Subcarpații Moldovei'') → B1.8 *

Muntenian Subcarpathians Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...

(RO: ''Subcarpații Munteniei'') → B1.9 *

Getic Subcarpathians The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ''Get'' an ...

(RO: ''Subcarpații Getici'') + Getic Plateau (RO: ''Podișul Getic'') → C1.1

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