Javorníky

Maple Mountains

Maple Mountains

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The Maple Mountains,[1][2] Javornik Mountains,[3][4] or Javorniks[5] (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.

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There is also a Javorniki mountain range in the Dinaric Alps

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.

References

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    Poldauf, Ivan (1997). Comprehensive Czech–English Dictionary (3 ed.). Čelákovice: WD Publications. p. 1145.
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    Borden, Carla M. (1995). 1995 Festival of American Folklife. Washington, DC: Smithsonian. p. 46.
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    Šandorfi, Rudolf (1996). History of Slovakia. Toronto: Zahraničná Matica slovenská. p. 208.
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    Library of Congress Subject Headings, Volume 4. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. 2013. p. 488.
  5. [5]
    Widawski, Krzysztof; Wyrzykowski, Jerzy (2017). The Geography of Tourism of Central and Eastern European Countries. Cham: Springer. p. 442.
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