Peak Příčný vrch Orogeny Caledonian orogeny Ages of rock Devonian, Carboniferous | Elevation 975 m (3,199 ft) Parent range Eastern Sudetes | |
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Countries Czech Republic and Poland States/Provinces Olomouc Region (CZ), Moravian-Silesian Region (CZ) and Opole Voivodeship (PL) Borders on Golden Mountains and Hrubý Jeseník Age of rock Devonian and Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan) Types of rock Metamorphic rock, Granite, Culm Measures Periods Devonian, Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan) Similar Bischofskoppe, Sudetes, Golden Mountains, Eastern Sudetes, Stone Mountains | ||
The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: Góry Opawskie, German: Oppagebirge) or Zlatohorská Highlands (Czech: Zlatohorská vrchovina, German: Zuckmanteler Bergland) are a mountain range of the Eastern Sudetes in the Czech Republic and Poland.
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The Opawskie Mountains stretch from northern Czech Silesia into Polish Upper Silesia, the eastern continuation of the Golden Mountains range. It borders on the Nízký Jeseník range in the south and the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the southwest. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area known as Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. It is named after the Opava River with its source in the neighbouring Hrubý Jeseník range.
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References
Opawskie Mountains Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA