Eastern Sudetes Explained

Eastern Sudetes
Country Type:	Countries
Subdivision1 Type:	Regions
Parent:	Sudetes range system
Highest:	Praděd
Elevation M:	1491
Coordinates:	50.0831°N 17.2308°W

The Eastern Sudetes (Polish: Sudety Wschodnie, Czech: Východní Sudety or Jesenická oblast) are the eastern part of the Sudetes mountains on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland.^[1] They stretch from the Kłodzko Valley and the Eastern Neisse River in the west down to the Moravian Gate in the east,^{[2] [3]} leading to the Outer Western Carpathians.^[4]

Subdivision

The Eastern Sudetes consist of geomorphological units:

• Golden Mountains
• Králický Sněžník Mountains
• Opawskie Mountains / Zlatohorská Highlands
• Hrubý Jeseník
• Hanušovice Highlands
• Mohelnice Depression
• Zábřeh Highlands
• Nízký Jeseník

Notable towns

Notable towns in this area include:

• Prudnik (Poland)
• Głuchołazy (Poland)
• Jeseník (Czech Republic)
• Bruntál (Czech Republic)
• Krnov (Czech Republic)
• Šumperk (Czech Republic)
• Zábřeh (Czech Republic)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fig. 2. Geological map of the Jeseniky Mountains, Eastern Sudetes.... ResearchGate. 2019-03-19.
2. Book: Copernicus, Index. Water and Land Development. 2003. Index Copernicus.
3. Book: Wistuba, Małgorzata. Slope-Channel Coupling as a Factor in the Evolution of Mountains: The Western Carpathians and Sudetes. 2014-07-10. Springer. 9783319058191.
4. Web site: Season end Eastern Sudetes - end of the ski season - Eastern Sudetes. www.skiresort.info. 2019-03-19.