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Slovak-Moravian Carpathians

The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians (CZ/SK: Slovensko-moravské Karpaty) are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it was known in Hungarian as Magyar-morva határhegység 'the Hungarian-Moravian border mountains'. Geologically these ranges are part of the Outer Western Carpathians group of the Western Carpathians, and are composed mainly of flysch sediment. The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians consist of: White Carpathians (CZ: Bílé Karpaty, SK: Biele Karpaty), which encompasses the Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area within Slovakia and the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area in the Czech Republic Javorníky (CZ+SK, "Maple Mountains"), including the two highest points in these ranges, Veľký Javorník at 3,514 feet (1, 071 metres) and Malý Javorník (1, 021 metres) Myjava Hills (SK: Myjavská pahorkatina), rugged highlands along the Myjava River Váh Valley Land (SK: Považské podolie) along the Váh River Vizovice Highlands (CZ: Vizovická vrchovina), rugged highlands within the Zlín Region, including the highest peak, Klášťov

Location: Slovakia.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.

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