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
Highest point
PeakSkorušina
Elevation1,314 m (4,311 ft)
Coordinates49°17′53″N 19°41′31″E
Naming
Native namePodhôľno-magurská oblasť (sk)
Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie (pl)
Geography
Podhale-Magura Area ranges (marked in red) within the Outer Western Carpathians
CountriesSlovakia and Poland
RegionsŽilina, Prešov and Lesser Poland
Parent rangeOuter Western Carpathians
Borders onCentral 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.

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