Central Sudetes

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Central Sudetes
View from Zygmuntówka refuge, Owl Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Velká Deštná
Elevation	1,116 m (3,661 ft)
Coordinates	50°18′18″N 16°23′56.7″E / 50.30500°N 16.399083°E / 50.30500; 16.399083
Geography
Divisions of the Sudetes range system, Central Sudetes marked in yellow
Countries	Czech Republic and Poland
States	Bohemia, Moravia (Czech Rep.) and Lower Silesia, Opole (Poland)
Parent range	Sudetes range system

The Central Sudetes (Czech: Orlická oblast or Střední Sudety, Polish: Sudety Środkowe, German: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west.

The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including:

• Orlické Mountains
• Bystrzyckie Mountains
• Bardzkie Mountains
• Owl Mountains
• Krucze Mountains
• Stone Mountains
• Stołowe Mountains
• Waldenburg Mountains

The largest city in the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where there are extensive hard coal deposits under the Wałbrzyskie and partly Owl Mountains.