Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Explained

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
Other Name:Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina
Country:Czech Republic
Subdivision1 Type:Region
Subdivision1:Zlín Region
Parent:Western Carpathians
Subdivision4 Type:Subdivisions
Highest:Vysoká
Elevation M:1024
Coordinates:49.4039°N 18.3611°W
Width Km:55
Width Orientation:West-East
Geology:flysch
Map:Czech Republic

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (Czech: Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce plantations. Most visited are the bordering Rožnovská Bečva river valley in the north (with Valašské Meziříčí and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm towns and Dolní, Prostřední and Horní (i.e. Lower, Middle and Upper) Bečva resorts) and the southern Vsetínská Bečva river valley starting in the town of Vsetín with the resort of Velké Karlovice.

The Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains are part of the Western Carpathians, it is divided by the Bečva River valley into the lower eastern Hostýnské vrchy and the higher western Vsetínské vrchy which are a part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area. They are built mainly of flysch deposits and their high sediments in both Bečva rivers valleys. The flysch slopes are rather unstable and thus small landslides are typical for this area. The highest point is Vysoká (i.e. High Mountain), at 1024m (3,360feet), in the easternmost part of the range.

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