This page gives an overview of the geomorphological division of Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. It is ordered in a hierarchical form, belonging to the Alps-Himalaya System and to the sub-systems of the Carpathian Mountains

Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...

 and of the Pannonian Basin

Pannonian Basin

The Pannonian Basin or Carpathian Basin is a large basin in East-Central Europe.The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense - meaning only the lowlands, the plain that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried...

. These subsystems are subsequently divided into provinces, sub-provinces and areas.

Terminology (first Slovak, second English translation(s); see also: http://www.fns.uniba.sk/~kfg/minar/03_morfogr_slovnik.html (Slovak)):

oblasť = area systém, sústava = system (sub)provincia = (sub)province nížina = lowland (0 - 200/300 m ASL) vysočina = highland (above 200/300 m ASL) rovina = flat (altitude difference app. 0 – 30 m) pahorkatina = hills, downs (altitude difference app. 30 – 100/150 m) vrchovina = upland, highland (altitude difference app. 100/150 – 300/310 m) hornatina = highland(s) (altitude difference app. 300/310 – 600/640 m) veľhornatina = mountains (altitude difference app. above 600/640 m) planina = app: plain, plateau, tableland

plošina = app: plateau, tableland zníženina, depresia = depression panva = basin kotlina = basin úval = hollow, depression brána = gate tabuľa = plateau, tableland podhorie = foothills brázda = furrow vrchy = hills pohorie = mountain range, mountain chain

Slovenské rudohorie

Slovak Ore Mountains

Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive mountainous region of Slovakia's Spiš and Gemer region, and in small part in northern Hungary, within the Carpathians. It is the largest mountain range in Slovakia...

 (Slovak Ore Mountains) (area)

• Veporské vrchy
• Spišskogemerský kras (Spiš-Gemer Karst)
• Stolické vrchy
• Revúcka vrchovina
• Slovenský kras
  Slovak Karst
  The Slovak Karst is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains in the Carpathians in southern Slovakia. It consists of a complex of huge karst plains and plateaus. Since 1973 it was a protected landscape area. On 1 March 2002 Slovak Karst National Park was declared...
  
   (Slovak Karst)
• Volovské vrchy
• Čierna hora
• Rožňavská kotlina (Rožňava Basin)

Fatransko-tatranská oblasť

Fatra-Tatra Area

The Fatra-Tatra Area or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into Austria and Poland...

 (Fatra-Tatra Area)

• Little Carpathians
  Little Carpathians
  The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto nad Váhom, a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated south of Devín Gate in...
  
   (Malé Karpaty)
• Považský Inovec
  Považský Inovec
  Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. It is 48 km long and 15-25 km wide mountain range...
  
  
• Tribeč
  Tribec
  Tribeč is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians within the Fatra-Tatra Area, roughly between the towns of Nitra, Partizánske and Zlaté Moravce. It is surrounded by the Danubian Lowland, Pohronský Inovec, Vtáčnik mountains and the Upper Nitra Basin. It is...
  
  
• Strážov Mountains
  Strážov Mountains
  The Strážov Mountains are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area. They are situated between the towns of Trenčín, Považská Bystrica, Rajec, Prievidza and Bánovce nad Bebravou, bordering White Carpathians and the Váh river in...
  
   (Strážovské vrchy)
• Žiar
  Žiar (mountain range)
  Žiar is a mountain range in the Trenčín Region of northwestern Slovakia, part of the ranges of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians....
  
  
• Malá Fatra
  Lesser Fatra
  Lesser Fatra is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in the north-west of Central Slovakia. In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the Fatra-Tatra Area....
  
   (Lesser Fatra)
• Veľká Fatra
  Greater Fatra
  Greater Fatra or Veľká Fatra is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in Slovakia. In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the Fatra-Tatra Area. It is situated approximately among the towns of Ružomberok, Harmanec, Turčianske Teplice and Martin...
  
   (Greater Fatra)
• Starohorské vrchy
• Chočské vrchy
• Tatra Mountains
  Tatra Mountains
  The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...
  
   (Tatry)
• Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry)
• Kozie chrbty
• Branisko
  Branisko (mountain range)
  Branisko is a mountain range in eastern Slovakia, between the Spiš and Šariš regions. It is a 20 km long and 5 km wide mountain range in the north-south direction, belonging to the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians....
  
  
• Žilinská kotlina (Žilina Basin)
• Hornonitrianska kotlina (Upper Nitra Basin)
• Turčianska kotlina (Turiec Basin)
• Podtatranská kotlina
  Podtatranská kotlina
  The Podtatranská kotlina is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians....
  
  
• Hornádska kotlina (Hornád Basin)
• Horehronské podolie

Slovenské stredohorie

Slovenské stredohorie

Slovenské stredohorie is a group of mountain ranges in southern central Slovakia. Approximately in the center of the mountains lies the city of Zvolen.Slovenské stredohorie is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians...

 (Slovak Medium Mountains) (area)

• Vtáčnik
  Vtácnik
  Vtáčnik is a mountain range in central Slovakia, which is part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains and part of the Inner Western Carpathians....
  
  
• Pohronský Inovec
  Pohronský Inovec
  Pohronský Inovec is a mountain range in Slovakia, part of the Slovenské stredohorie ranges of the Inner Western Carpathians.The range is volcanic in origin, and composed of andesite and rhyolites. The highest peak is Veľký Inovec , at 901 meters from sea level. The most popular lookout point is...
  
  
• Štiavnické vrchy (Štiavnica Mountains)
• Kremnické vrchy (Kremnica Mountains)
• Poľana
  Polana
  Polana may refer to the following places in Poland:*Polana, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Polana, Bieszczady County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship *Polana, Opole Voivodeship...
  
  
• Ostrôžky
• Javorie
• Krupinská planina (Krupina Plain)
• Zvolenská kotlina (Zvolen Basin)
• Pliešovská kotlina
• Žiarska kotlina (Žiar Basin)

Lučensko-košická zníženina

Lučenec-Košice Depression

The Lučenec-Košice Depression is a geological feature on the border of Slovakia and northeastern Hungary.The basin is considered part of the Inner Western Carpathians...

 (Lučenec-Košice Depression) (area)

• Bodvianska pahorkatina
• Juhoslovenská kotlina (Southern Slovak Basin)
• Košická kotlina (Košice Basin)

Matransko-slanská oblasť (Matra-Slanec Area)

• Burda
• Cerová vrchovina
• Slanské vrchy
• Zemplínske vrchy

Slovak-Moravian Carpathians

Slovak-Moravian Carpathians

The Slovak-Moravian Carpathians are the mountain ranges along the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia....

 (Slovensko-moravské Karpaty) (area)

• White Carpathians
  White Carpathians
  The White Carpathians is the westernmost mountain range of the Carpathian Mountains.They are part of the 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...
  
   (Biele Karpaty)
• Javorníky
  Javorníky
  Maple Mountains is a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
  
  
• Myjavská pahorkatina (Myjava Hills)
• Považské podolie

Západné Beskydy

Western Beskids

The Western Beskids are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland....

 (Western Beskids) (area)

• Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy
  Moravian-Silesian Beskids
  The Moravian-Silesian Beskids is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name...
  
   (Moravian-Silesian Beskids)
• Turzovská vrchovina
• Jablunkovské medzihorie

Stredné Beskydy

Central Beskids

The Central Beskids are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland....

 (Central Beskids) (area)

• Kysucké Beskydy
  Kysucké Beskydy
  The Kysucké Beskydy is a set of mountain ranges in the Kysuce region of northern Slovakia. Slovaks consider the mountains to belong to the Central Beskids, of the Outer Western Carpathians, while Poles classify them as part of the Western Beskids....
  
  
• Oravské Beskydy
• Kysucká vrchovina
• Podbeskydská brázda
• Podbeskydská vrchovina
• Oravská Magura
• Oravská vrchovina (Orava Highlands)

Východné Beskydy

Eastern Beskids

The Eastern Beskids is a set of mountain ranges spanning the northern Slovakian and southern Polish border....

 (Eastern Beskids) (area)

• Pieniny
  Pieniny
  Pieniny is a mountain range in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia.The Pieniny mountain range is divided into three parts – Pieniny Spiskie and Pieniny Właściwe in Poland; and, Malé Pieniny in Slovakia. The Pieniny mountains consist mainly of the limestone and dolomite rock strata...
  
  
• Ľubovnianska vrchovina
• Čergov
  Čergov
  Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the Prešov Region of Slovakia.Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians, but may be classified as part of the Eastern Beskids, or classified as part of the Western Beskids...
  
  

Podhôľno-magurská oblasť

Podhale-Magura Area

The Podhale-Magura Area is a grouping of mountain ranges belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians.This area consists of:...

 (Podhale-Magura Area)

• Skorušinské vrchy
• Podtatranská brázda
• Spišská Magura
• Levočské vrchy (Levoča Hills)
• Bachureň
• Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie
• Šarišská vrchovina (Šariš Highlands)
• Oravská kotlina (Orava Basin)

Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť

Vihorlat-Gutin Area

The Vihorlat-Gutin Area is a region of mountain ranges spanning eastern Slovakia, northern Romania, and western Ukraine....

 (Vihorlat-Gutín Area)

• Vihorlat Mountains
  Vihorlat Mountains
  Vihorlat Mountains or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site.-Vihorlat Mountains in Slovakia:...
  
   (Vihorlatské vrchy)

Nízke Beskydy

Low Beskids

The ', ', Low Beskids or Lower Beskids is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Outer Eastern Carpathians in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia...

 (Low Beskids) (area)

• Busov
• Ondavská vrchovina (Ondava Highlands)
• Laborecká vrchovina (Laborec Highlands)
• Beskydské predhorie (Beskidian Piedmont)

Záhorská nížina (Záhorie Lowland) (area)

• Borská nížina
• Chvojnická pahorkatina

Juhomoravská panva (South Moravian Basin) (area)

• Dolnomoravský úval

Podunajská nížina

Danubian Lowland

The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland is the name of the part of Little Alföld situated in Slovakia, located between the Danube, the Little Carpathians and all other parts of the Western Carpathians....

 (Danubian Lowland) (area)

• Podunajská pahorkatina (Danubian Hills)
• Podunajská rovina (Danubian Flat)

Východoslovenská nížina

Eastern Slovak Lowland

The East Slovak Lowland is the name of the part of Great Hungarian Plain situated in Slovakia....

 (Eastern Slovak Lowland) (area)

• Východoslovenská pahorkatina (Eastern Slovak Hills)
• Východoslovenská rovina (Eastern Slovak Flat)

Literature

• Mazúr E., Lukniš M., Balatka B., Loučková J., Sládek J. (1986). Geomorfologické členenie SSR a ČSSR. Mapa mierky 1:500 000, Slovenská kartografia, SUGK, Bratislava.