Moravian-Silesian Beskids
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Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. Smaller eastern part of the mountains is a part of Cieszyn Silesia historical region. The Moravian-Silesian Beskids create the largest part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy or Czech: CHKO Beskydy for short).
The mountains are 80% forested, though mainly by secondary spruces which were in some parts severely damaged by emissions from the Ostrava industrial region. It is a popular holiday resort for both winter (Bílá, Pustevny) and summer activities, with centers in the towns under the mountains (Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm).
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids are a part of the Western Carpathians consisting mainly of flysch deposites with steep slopes (especially from the north). The highest point, Lysá hora mountain at 1,323 m (4,341 ft), is considered the rainiest place in the Czech Republic with around 1,500 mm (60 in) of precipitations a year. Radhošť, 1,129 m (3,704 ft), is another well-known mountain, there exist many legends coonected with this place.
It is separated from the Silesian Beskids in the north by the Jablunkov Pass and from the Vsetínské vrchy in the south by the Rožnovská Bečva river valley.
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- Rohlík, Jiří (2001). Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Soubor turistických map 1:50 000. Praha: TRASA, s.r.o.. ISBN 80-85999-29-3.
- Ludvík, Marcel (1987). Beskydy, Turistický průvodce ČSSR. Praha: Olympia. 27-031-87.
