Králický Sněžník Mountains
{{Short description|Polish and Czech mountain range}}
{{for|the mountain called Śnieżnik|Králický Sněžník}}
{{Infobox mountain
| map_image = Kralicky Sneznik CZ I4C-4.png
| map_caption = Králický Sněžník Mountains in the geomorphological system of the Czech Republic
| photo = 2016 Masyw Śnieżnika, Sudety.jpg
| photo_caption = Panorama of the Králický Sněžník Mountains
| country = Poland, Czech Republic
| region = Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Olomouc Region, Pardubice Region
| parent = Eastern Sudetes
| geology = Gneiss, schist, marble, dolomite
| period =
| area_km2 = 276
| orogeny =
| highest = Králický Sněžník
| elevation_m = 1423
| coordinates =
| length_km =
| range_coordinates = {{coord|50|12|N|16|48|E|region:CZ_type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| name = Králický Sněžník Mountains
Śnieżnik Mountains
| other_name = {{langx|pl|Masyw Śnieżnika}}
{{langx|cs|Králický Sněžník}}
}}
The Králický Sněžník Mountains or Śnieżnik Mountains ({{langx|pl|Masyw Śnieżnika}}, {{langx|cs|Králický Sněžník}}, {{langx|de|Glatzer Schneegebirge}}) is a massif and mountain range in the Eastern Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland.
Geomorphology
File:332.62 Masyw Śnieżnika.png
The Králický Sněžník Mountains is a mesoregion of the Eastern Sudetes within the Sudetes in the Bohemian Massif. All the highest mountains are located close to the Czech–Polish border or on the Czech side.
The largest mountains are:
- Králický Sněžník, {{convert|1423|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Mały Śnieżnik, {{convert|1327|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Sušina, {{convert|1321|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Hraniční skály, {{convert|1320|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Podbělka, {{convert|1308|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Černá kupa, {{convert|1295|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Stříbrnická, {{convert|1251|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Babuše, {{convert|1246|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Uhlisko, {{convert|1241|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Slamník, {{convert|1232|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Geography
The territory has an area of {{convert|276|sqkm}}, of which {{convert|200|sqkm|abbr=on}} in Poland and {{convert|76|sqkm|abbr=on}} in the Czech Republic.{{cite web |title=Králický Sněžník (Śnieżnik Kłodzki)|url=https://www.sneznik.cz/pohori/vrcholy/kralicky-sneznik|work=Králický Sněžník National Nature Reserve|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-28}}
Three main European watersheds pass through the Králický Sněžník Mountains and they meet at Klepáč mountain (1,145 m). Králický Sněžník forms an important hydrographic node, its territory belongs to three seas – the Black, North and Baltic Seas. The Morava River, which originates below the peak of Králický Sněžník, drains its waters into the Black Sea. The stream Lipkovský potok with its tributaries flows into the North Sea. The waters of the Eastern Neisse and its tributaries flow into the Baltic Sea.
Due to the terrain, there are no significant settlements here.
Geology
Protection of nature
On the Polish side the mountain range is largely covered by the protected area called Śnieżnik Landscape Park. On the Czech side, an area of {{cvt|17.08|sqkm}} is protected as a national nature reserve.{{cite web |title=Králický Sněžník|url=https://drusop.nature.cz/ost/chrobjekty/zchru/index.php?SHOW_ONE=1&ID=1298|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-28}}
References
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{{commons category|Masyw Śnieżnika|Snieznik Mountains}}
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