Western Beskids
{{Short description|Mountain range in Europe}}
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| photo_caption=Čeladenka River in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids
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| parent= Outer Western Carpathians
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The Western Beskids ({{langx|cs|Západní Beskydy}}; {{langx|sk|Západné Beskydy}}; {{langx|pl|Beskidy Zachodnie}}; {{langx|de|Westbeskiden}}) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Outer Western Carpathians.
Traditionally the Western Beskids were considered part of the Beskids, a term that differs according to historical and linguistic heritage.
Subdivision
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The Western Beskids consist of the following mountain ranges:
- Western section of the Western Beskids:
- Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (Czech: Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) → e1
- Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Slovak: Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) → e2
- Turzovka Highlands (Slovak: Turzovská vrchovina) → e3
- Jablunkov Furrow (Czech: Jablunkovská brázda) → e4
- Rožnov Furrow (Czech: Rožnovská brázda) → e5
- Jablunkov Intermontane (Slovak: Jablunkovské medzihorie, Czech: Jablunkovské mezihoří) → e6
- Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski, Czech: Slezské Beskydy) → e7
- Żywiec Basin (Polish: Kotlina Żywiecka) → e8
- Northern section of the Western Beskids:
- Little Beskids ({{langx|pl|Beskid Mały}}) → f1
- Maków Beskids ({{langx|pl|Beskid Makowski}}) → f2
- Island Beskids ({{langx|pl|Beskid Wyspowy}}) → f3
- Gorce Mountains ({{langx|pl|Gorce}}) → f4
- Rabka Basin ({{langx|pl|Kotlina Rabczańska}}) → f5
- Sącz Basin ({{langx|pl|Kotlina Sądecka}}) → f6
- Central section of the Western Beskids:
- Orava Beskids (SK: Oravské Beskydy) + Żywiec Beskids (PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" - Slovak Beskids or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy" - Kysuce-Orava Beskids) → g1
- Kysuce Beskids (SK: Kysucké Beskydy) +Żywiec Beskids (PL: Beskid Żywiecki) (the older SK equivalent of Beskid Zywiecki is "Slovenské Beskydy" or "Kysucko-oravské Beskydy") → g2
- Orava Magura (SK: Oravská Magura) → g3
- Orava Highlands (SK: Oravská vrchovina) → g4
- Sub-Beskidian Furrow (SK: Podbeskydská brázda) → g5
- Sub-Beskidian Highlands (SK: Podbeskydská vrchovina) → g6
- Eastern section of the Western Beskids:
- Beskid Sądecki ({{langx|pl|Beskid Sądecki}}) → h1
- Čergov ({{langx|pl|Góry Czerchowskie}}; {{langx|sk|Čergov}}) → h2
- Pieniny ({{langx|pl|Pieniny}}; {{langx|sk|Pieniny}}) → h3
See also
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- Western Beskidian Foothills
- Podhale-Magura Area
- Outer Western Carpathians
- Divisions of the Carpathians
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Maps
Image:Beskidy Zachodnie.png|Parts of Western Beskids, within the borders of Poland
Image:8maja2006 babiagora 035.jpg|Babia Góra, the highest peak of the Orava Beskids, within central section of Western Beskids
Image:Panorama Pieniny from Trzy Korony.jpg|Pieniny Mountains, the eastern ranges of Western Beskids
Sources
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- {{Cite book|last=Földvary|first=Gábor Z.|title=Geology of the Carpathian Region|year=1988|location=Singapore|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company|isbn=9789813103825|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAQ8DQAAQBAJ}}
- {{Cite book|last=Kondracki|first=Jerzy|title=Regiony fizycznogeograficzne Polski|year=1977|location=Warszawa|publisher=Wydawa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q72GgAACAAJ}}
- {{Cite book|last=Kondracki|first=Jerzy|title=Problemy standaryzacji nazw geograficznych|year=1989|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PWN|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvoqAAAAIAAJ}}
- {{Cite book|last=Kondracki|first=Jerzy|title=Geografia regionalna Polski|year=2000|orig-year=1998|edition=2.|location=Warszawa|publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN|isbn=9788301130503|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlMjAQAAMAAJ}}
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External links
{{commons category|Western Beskids}}
- [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CW%5CE%5CWesternBeskyd.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Western Beskyd]
{{Carpathian Mountains}}
Category:Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians
Category:Mountain ranges of Slovakia
Category:Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
Category:Mountain ranges of Poland