Geography of the Czech Republic

The Czech geography is varied; Western part, Bohemia ( Čechy in Czech), consists of plate undulating, traversed by Elba (in Czech “Labe”) and Vltava (or Moldau, its German name which founded a long time the French name of the river), surrounded mainly by low mountains like the Sudètes, the Monts of the Giants where one can also find the most point of the country, the Sniejka which culminates with 1 602 Mr. the Moravie, in the east, is also rather mountainous and is sprinkled especially by the Morava, but shelters also the source of the Oder ( Odra in Czech).

The local Climat is moderate, with hot summers and winters cold, cloudy and wet, which is an example of combined influences continental and oceanic.

Four geological zones

Czech plate

The Czech plate forms the essence of the geography of the country. It is delimited in the North-West by the Metalliferous Monts, in the North-East by the Monts of the Giants, in south-west by the Forêt of Bohemia.

Pre-carpatique solid mass

As one sees it on the chart opposite in dark green, the external Carpates Western cover is of the Czech Republic where, far from presenting a escarpé mountainous solid mass, they are held in an undulating landscape.

Plain of Pannonia

Plain polono-Russian

Three watersheds

Basin of Elba: towards the the North Sea

Elba
Ohře
Teplá
Vltava

Basin of Oder: towards the the Baltic

Oder

Basin of Morava: towards the Black Sea

Morava
Regen or Řezná

Climate

See too

External bonds

Geography - Czech Republic

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