Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic
In terms of geomorphological division, the Czech Republic is a very diverse territory, located in the territory of four geomorphological provinces within four geomorphological subsystems. The Bohemian Massif within the sub-system of Hercynian Forest forms three quarters of the country. The southeastern and eastern part of the Czech territory belongs to the Western Carpathians within the Carpathian Mountains. The remaining two provinces, Western Pannonian Basin within the Pannonian Basin and North European Plain within the European Plain, cover only a small part of the Czech territory in the southeast and the northeast.
The provinces are further subdivided into subprovinces, macroregions, mesoregions, microregions and areas. The generally accepted division of the relief of the Czech Republic into subprovinces, macroregions and mesoregions is given below.[1]
Basic geomorphological division
Bohemian Massif
- Bohemian Forest Subprovince
- Upper Palatine Forest Macroregion
- Upper Palatine Forest
- Upper Palatine Forest Foothills
- Cham-Furth Depression
- Bohemian Forest Highlands
- Bohemian Forest
- Bohemian Forest Foothills
- Gratzen Mountains
- Gratzen Foothills
- Upper Palatine Forest Macroregion
- Bohemian-Moravian Subprovince
- Central Bohemian Hills
- Benešov Uplands
- Vlašim Uplands
- Tábor Uplands
- Blatná Uplands
- South Bohemian Basins
- Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
- Křemešník Highlands
- Upper Sázava Hills
- Iron Mountains
- Upper Svratka Highlands
- Křižanov Highlands
- Javořice Highlands
- Jevišovice Uplands
- Brno Highlands
- Boskovice Furrow
- Bobrava Highlands
- Drahany Highlands
- Central Bohemian Hills
- Ore Mountains Subprovince
- Ore Mountains Highlands
- Podkrušnohorská Macroregion
- Karlovy Vary Highlands
- Slavkov Forest
- Teplá Highlands
- Sudetes
- Western Sudetes
- Lusatian Highlands
- Lusatian Mountains
- Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge
- Zittau Basin
- Frýdlant Hills
- Jizera Mountains
- Giant Mountains
- Giant Mountains Foothills
- Central Sudetes
- Broumov Highlands
- Orlické Mountains
- Orlické Foothills
- Kłodzko Valley
- Eastern Sudetes
- Zábřeh Highlands
- Mohelnice Depression
- Hanušovice Highlands
- Snieznik Mountains
- Golden Mountains
- Zlatohorská Highlands
- Hrubý Jeseník
- Nízký Jeseník
- Sudeten Foreland
- Vidnava Lowland
- Žulová Hilly Land
- Western Sudetes
- Poberoun Subprovince
- Brdy Macroregion
- Džbán
- Prague Plateau
- Křivoklát Highlands
- Hořovice Uplands
- Brdy Highlands
- Plzeň Uplands
- Rakovník Uplands
- Plasy Uplands
- Švihov Highlands
- Brdy Macroregion
- Bohemian Table
- North Bohemian Table
- Central Bohemian Table
- Lower Ohře Table
- Jizera Table
- Central Elbe Table
- East Bohemian Table
- East Elbe Table
- Orlice Table
- Svitavy Uplands
Western Carpathians
- Outer Subcarpathia
- Western Outer Subcarpathia
- Weinviertel Foothills
- Dyje–Svratka Valley
- Upper Morava Valley
- Vyškov Gate
- Moravian Gate
- Northern Outer Subcarpathia
- Western Outer Subcarpathia
- Outer Western Carpathians
- South-Moravian Carpathians
- Central Moravian Carpathians
- Ždánice Forest
- Litenčice Hills
- Chřiby
- Kyjov Hills
- Slovak-Moravian Carpathians
- Western Beskidian Foothills
- Western Beskids
- Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
- Rožnov Furrow
- Moravian-Silesian Beskids
- Jablunkov Furrow
- Silesian Beskids
- Jablunkov Intermontane
North European Plain
- Polish Plain
- Silesian Lowlands
- Opava Hilly Land
- Silesian Lowlands
Western Pannonian Basin
- Vienna Basin
- South Moravian Basin[lower-alpha 1]
- Záhorie Lowland[lower-alpha 2]
- Chvojnice Hills
Notes
- Consists of only one mesoregion.
- Only a negligible area extends into the Czech Republic.
References
- "Geomorfologické členění reliéfu ČR" (in Czech). Palacký University Olomouc. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
Literature
- Demek, Jaromír (1987). Obecná geomorfologie (in Czech). Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
- Demek, Jaromír; Mackovčin, Peter (2006). Zeměpisný lexikon ČR: Hory a nížiny. Nature and Landscape Protection Agency of the Czech Republic. ISBN 80-86064-99-9.
- Pánek, Tomáš; Hradecký, Jan (2016). Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-27536-9.