Moravian-Silesian Beskids
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| Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Moravskoslezské Beskydy) | |
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| Countries |  Czech Republic,  Slovakia |
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| Regions | Moravian-Silesian, Žilina |
| Range | Western Beskids, Western Carpathians |
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| Highest point | Lysá hora |
| - elevation | 1,323 m (4,341 ft) |
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| Geology | Godulian sandstone |
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name.
The mountains were created during the Alpine Orogeny in the Tertiary. Geologically, they consist mainly of flysch deposites. In the north they steeply rise nearly 1,000 m (3,300 ft) over a rather flat landscape, in the south they slowly merge with the Javorníky. In the south-west they are separated from the Vsetínské vrchy by the Rožnovská Bečva valley, in the north-east the Jablunkov Pass separates them from the Silesian Beskids.
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The highest point is Lysá hora mountain at 1,323 m (4,341 ft), which is one of the rainiest places in the Czech Republic with around 1,500 mm (60 in) of precipitations a year. Many legends are bound to Radhošť Mountain, 1,129 m (3,704 ft), which is one of the most visited places in the mountains together with the nearby Pustevny resort.
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids create the largest part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy or Czech: CHKO Beskydy for short). The mountains are 80% forested, though mainly by plantations of spruce which were in some parts severely damaged by emissions from the Ostrava industrial region. Originally, the mountains were covered by mixed forest with dominant beech which are preserved in many places. Recently, permanent occurrence of all three large Central European carnivors – lynx, bear and wolf – have been confirmed in the area.
There are many popular holiday resorts for both winter and summer activities, with centers in the towns under the mountains (Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm) and also in smaller resorts, hamlets and chalets throughout the mountains, especially on the ridges. Parts of two euroregions, the Beskydy/Beskidy and Těšínské Slezsko/Śląsk Cieszyński, reach into the Moravian-Silesian Beskids.
[edit] References
- Ludvík, Marcel (1987). Beskydy, Turistický průvodce ČSSR. Praha: Olympia. 27-031-87.
- Rohlík, Jiří (2001). Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Soubor turistických map 1:50 000. Praha: TRASA, s.r.o.. ISBN 80-85999-29-3.
- CHKO Beskydy Management. CHKO Beskydy. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
