Podhale-Magura Area

The Podhale-Magura Area (Slovak: Podhôľno-magurská oblasť; known in Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie) — is a geomorfologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians within the Carpathian Mountains system.

Podhale-Magura Area
Levoča Mountains, Slovakia
Highest point
Peak	Skorušina
Elevation	1,314 m (4,311 ft)
Coordinates	49°17′53″N 19°41′31″E
Naming
Native name	Podhôľno-magurská oblasť (sk) Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie (pl)
Geography
Podhale-Magura Area ranges (marked in red) within the Outer Western Carpathians
Countries	Slovakia and Poland
Regions	Žilina, Prešov and Lesser Poland
Parent range	Outer Western Carpathians
Borders on	Central Beskids, (Polish) Western Beskids, Lower Beskids and Fatra-Tatra Area

Subdivision

The Podhale-Magura Area consists of:

• Skorušina Mountains (SK: Skorušinské vrchy) + Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie)
• Sub-Tatra Furrow (SK: Podtatranská brázda, PL: Rów Podtatrzański)
• Spiš Magura (SK: Spišská Magura) + Spiš-Gubałówka Piedmont (PL: Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie)
• Levoča Mountains (SK: Levočské vrchy), with its highest point, Čierna hora (Black Mountain), 1,289 metres
• Bachureň (SK)
• Spiš-Šariš Intermontane (SK: Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie)
• Šariš Highlands (SK: Šarišská vrchovina)
• Orava Basin (SK: Oravská kotlina) + Orava-Nowy Targ Basin (PL: Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska)

The adjacent Pieniny range is sometimes considered part of the Podhale-Magura Area; otherwise considered as part of the Eastern section of the Western Beskids.

External links

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