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Silesian Beskids is one of the BeskidsBeskids

The Beskids is a traditional name for a series of mountain ranges in the eastern Czech Republic, northwestern Slovakia, sout...
 mountain rangeMountain range

A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers....
s in OuterOuter Carpathians

Outer Carpathians is a part of Carpathian Mountains, comprising Outer Western Carpathians and Outer Eastern Carpathians, inc...
 Western Carpathians in southern Silesian VoivodeshipSilesian Voivodeship Summary

The Silesian Voivodship is an administrative division of southern Poland....
, PolandPoland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country located in Central Europe....
 and the eastern Moravian-Silesian RegionMoravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historica...
, Czech RepublicFacts About Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , a member state of the European Union , is a landlocked country in Central Europe....
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Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian BeskidsMoravian-Silesian Beskids

The Moravian-Silesian Beskids is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia....
 by the Jablunkov PassJablunkov Pass

Jablunkov Pass is a mountain pass in the Beskids, located in the elevation of 553 m above sea level, in the Czech Republic,...
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The Polish part of the range includes the protected areaProtected area

*Protected areas of Brazil*Protected areas of Canada...
 called Silesian Beskids Landscape ParkSilesian Beskids Landscape Park

Silesian Beskids Landscape Park is a protected area|Landscape Park]]) in southern Poland, established in 1998, covering an a...
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Mountains

  • SkrzyczneSkrzyczne

    Skrzyczne is a mountain in the souther Poland, in the Silesian Voivodship, close to the town of Szczyrk....
     (1,257 m) - the highest mountain
  • Barania GóraBarania Góra

    Barania G?ra is a mountain in southern Poland....
     (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper SilesiaUpper Silesia Overview

    Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland and of the Czech Republic....
  • Czantoria WielkaCzantoria Wielka

    Czantoria Wielka is a mountain on the border of Poland and the Czech Republic, in the Silesian Beskids....
     (995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range
  • Stozek WielkiStozek Wielki

    Stozek Wielki , is a mountain on the border of Poland and the Czech Republic, in the Silesian Beskids....
     (978 m)

See also

  • Cieszyn SilesiaCieszyn Silesia

    Cieszyn Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, between the Vistula and Oder rivers....
  • Polish minority in the Czech RepublicPolish minority in the Czech Republic

    The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Zaolzie region of western Cies...


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