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The Moravian Gate ( , ) is a geomorphological feature in Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
. It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathians and the Eastern Sudetes
Eastern Sudetes

The Eastern Sudetes are the Eastern part of Sudetes mountains on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from Brama Morawska in the east to Nysa Klodzka in the west....
. The drainage divide between the upper Odra and the Becva rivers runs through it.

It stretches from Moravia towards Silesia
Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
 north-eastward in the length of about 65 km. It is bordered by the confluence of the Olza
Olza River

is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Oder River. It flows from the Silesian Beskids through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and Fr?dek-M?stek District and Karvin? District districts of the Czech Republic, often forming the border with Poland....
 and the Odra rivers in the north.

The Moravian Gate has been a natural pass between the Sudetes and the Carpathians since the ancient times.






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The Moravian Gate ( , ) is a geomorphological feature in Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
. It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathians and the Eastern Sudetes
Eastern Sudetes

The Eastern Sudetes are the Eastern part of Sudetes mountains on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from Brama Morawska in the east to Nysa Klodzka in the west....
. The drainage divide between the upper Odra and the Becva rivers runs through it.

It stretches from Moravia towards Silesia
Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
 north-eastward in the length of about 65 km. It is bordered by the confluence of the Olza
Olza River

is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Oder River. It flows from the Silesian Beskids through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and Fr?dek-M?stek District and Karvin? District districts of the Czech Republic, often forming the border with Poland....
 and the Odra rivers in the north.

The Moravian Gate has been a natural pass between the Sudetes and the Carpathians since the ancient times. Here ran the most important trade routes from southern Europe to the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
 (e.g. the Amber Road
Amber Road

The Amber Road was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber. As one of the waterways and ancient highways, for centuries the road led from Europe to Asia and back, and from northern Europe to the Mediterranean Sea....
), and also routes from Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 to the Czech lands
Czech lands

The "Czech lands" is an auxiliary term used mainly to describe the combination of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.Today, those three historic provinces compose the Czech Republic....
. The most important city in the Moravian Gate today is Ostrava
Ostrava

Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, however it is the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. It is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence....
. Near the northern end of the gate, in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, are located two towns, Racibórz
Racibórz

Racib?rz [] is a town in southern Poland with 60,218 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship . It is the capital of Racib?rz County....
 and Wodzislaw Slaski
Wodzislaw Slaski

Wodzislaw Slaski [] is a town in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 50,493 inhabitants . It is the seat of Wodzislaw County.It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship ; close to the border with the Czech Republic, about 290 kilometre south of Warsaw and about 100 km west of Krak?w, on the southern outskirts of the metropolitan area...
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