The Maple Mountains , Javornik Mountains , or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: Javorníky ) are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
4-794: Its highest point is Veľký Javorník at 1,071 meters (3,514 ft). The range stretches from the White Carpathians in the south to the Beskids in the north. The range divides the Bečva and Oder river systems from those of the Turiec and Váh along the European Watershed . Part of the range falls within the Slovak Kysuce Protected Landscape Area . This Zlín Region location article
8-531: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Slovak geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . White Carpathians The White Carpathians ( Czech : Bílé Karpaty ; Slovak : Biele Karpaty ; German : Weiße Karpaten ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia , part of the Carpathians . They are part of
12-595: The Czech Republic, founded in 1980, a Man and Biosphere Reserve since 1996. The areas contain a wide variety of fauna and flora . Some species found there are endemic , especially some types of orchids which grow only in the meadows of the White Carpathians. Lednica Castle is perhaps the most inaccessible one among the castles in Slovakia. It was built in the middle of the 13th century and
16-775: The macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians , stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpathians in the south along the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the Morava and the Javorníky range in the north. The mean elevation is 473 m (1,552 ft) and the highest peaks are: The landscape is protected on both sides of the mountains: Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area in Slovakia , founded in 1979, and Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area in
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