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 edit
Bohemian Massif edit
- Bohemian Forest Subprovince
- Bohemian-Moravian Subprovince
- Ore Mountains Subprovince
- Sudetes
- Poberoun Subprovince
- Bohemian Table
Western Carpathians edit
- Outer Subcarpathia
- Outer Western Carpathians
North European Plain edit
Western Pannonian Basin edit
- Vienna Basin
- South Moravian Basin[a]
- Záhorie Lowland[b]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Geomorfologické členění reliéfu ČR" (in Czech). Palacký University Olomouc. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
Literature edit
- 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.