The Central Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Středomoravské Karpaty) are a mountain range within the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...
belonging to the Outer
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 w ...
.
Despite the name, they stand in southern
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
Th ...
, east of
Brno. In the east, they border on the
Slovak-Moravian Carpathians; in the south, they stretch down to the
Thaya
The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower A ...
Valley and the
South-Moravian Carpathians. The mountains are mostly forested, planted with beech and spruce trees.
Agriculture
It is one of the most important agricultural areas for wine grapes, apricots and peaches, and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
Subdivision
The Central Moravian Carpathians are
geomorphologically
Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topography, topographic and bathymetry, bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological pro ...
subdivided into:
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Ždánice Forest (Czech: ''Ždánický les'')
*Litenčice Hills (''Litenčická pahorkatina'')
*
Chřiby, with Mt. Brdo, highest point of the Moravian uplands
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Kyjov Hills
The Kyjov Hills ( cs, Kyjovská pahorkatina) is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpath ...
(''Kyjovská pahorkatina'').
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Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians