Slovak Central Mountains Explained

The Slovak Central Mountains^{[1] [2]} (Slovak: Slovenské stredohorie) are a group of mountain ranges in southern central Slovakia. The town of Zvolen lies roughly in the centre of the mountains.

The Slovak Central Mountains are a part of the Inner Western Carpathians. They are bordered by the Fatra-Tatra Area to the northwest and north, Slovak Ore Mountains (Slovenské rudohorie) to the east, Southern Slovak Basin (Juhoslovenská kotlina) to the south and by the Pannonian Plain to the southwest.

The Slovak Central Mountains are divided into the following subdivisions:

• • Vtacnik Mountains Pohronský Inovec
    • Štiavnica Mountains Kremnica Mountains Poľana
• Ostrôžky
• Javorie
• Krupina Plain
• Zvolen Basin
• Pliešovce Basin (Pliešovská kotlina)
• Žiar Basin

The highest mountain is Poľana at 1,458 m.

References

48.5°N 19°W

Notes and References

1. Ladislav Paule, Jozef Paulenka (1994). Conservation of Forests in Central Europe: Proceedings of the WWF Workshop. Arbora. .
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=nNl8AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Slovak+Central+Mountains%22 The Slovak Encyclopaedia ; Medieval Slovakia, a Thousand Years of History