Outer Western Carpathians

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The Outer Western Carpathians are a major mountain range in the Carpathian system of Central Europe, stretching across parts of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic and characterized by forested ridges and medium-height peaks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountain range
borderRegionOf Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Slovakia NERFINISHED
characterizedBy forested ridges
medium-height peaks
climate temperate continental climate
continent Europe
country Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Poland
Slovakia NERFINISHED
drainageBasin Danube River basin NERFINISHED
Odra River basin NERFINISHED
Vistula River basin NERFINISHED
geology flysch belt
hasPart Central Beskids NERFINISHED
Eastern Beskids NERFINISHED
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains NERFINISHED
Javorníky NERFINISHED
Kysucké Beskydy NERFINISHED
Moravian-Silesian Beskids NERFINISHED
Oravské Beskydy NERFINISHED
Podbeskydská pahorkatina NERFINISHED
Silesian Beskids NERFINISHED
Turzovská vrchovina NERFINISHED
Vizovice Highlands NERFINISHED
Western Beskids NERFINISHED
White Carpathians NERFINISHED
Żywiec Beskids NERFINISHED
highestPart Moravian-Silesian Beskids NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Europe
mountainSystem Carpathian system NERFINISHED
orogeny Alpine orogeny
partOf Carpathian Mountains NERFINISHED
Western Carpathians NERFINISHED
runsThrough Lesser Poland Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Moravian-Silesian Region NERFINISHED
Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Zlín Region NERFINISHED
Žilina Region NERFINISHED
separatedFromBy Lupkow Pass NERFINISHED
separates Outer Eastern Carpathians NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Carpathians NERFINISHED
typicalVegetation temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
usedFor forestry
hiking
tourism
winter sports

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Carpathian Mountains contains Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Western Carpathians
Bytča hasNearbyMountainRange Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Western Carpathians
Subcarpathian Voivodeship locatedIn Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Carpathian Mountains foothills
Myślenice locatedNear Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Carpathian foothills
Beskid Sądecki partOf Outer Western Carpathians
Maków Beskids partOf Outer Western Carpathians
Pieniny Mountains partOf Outer Western Carpathians
Spiš-Gubałówka Foothills partOf Outer Western Carpathians
Western Beskids partOf Outer Western Carpathians
Western Beskids partOf Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Western Carpathians
Tatra Mountains subrangeOf Outer Western Carpathians
this entity surface form: Western Carpathians