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| Lusatian Mountains | |
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 Cross-country skiing route along the Lusatian Mountains' main ridge. The mountain in the background is theLausche. | |
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| Peak | Lausche (Luž) |
| Elevation | 793 m (2,602 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°50′56″N14°38′49″E / 50.84889°N 14.64694°E /50.84889; 14.64694 |
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 Western Sudetes with Lusatian Mountains (5) | |
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| Parent range | Western Sudetes |
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TheLusatian Mountains (Czech:Lužické hory;German:Lausitzer Gebirge;Polish:Góry Łużyckie) are a mountain range of theWestern Sudetes on the border of theCzech Republic andGermany. They are a continuation of theOre Mountains range west of theElbe valley. The mountains of the northern, German, part are called theZittau Mountains.
The range is among the westernmost extensions of theSudetes, which stretch along the border between the historic region ofSilesia in the north, andBohemia andMoravia in the south up to theMoravian Gate in the east, where they join theCarpathian Mountains. The northwestern foothills of the Lusatian Mountains are called theLusatian Highlands; in the southwest the range borders on theCentral Bohemian Uplands.
The range is largely made up ofsandstone sedimentary rocks leaning on aPrecambrian crystallinebasement. The northern ridge is marked by theLusatian Fault, a geological disturbance zone separating the Bohemian sandstones from the Lusatiangranodiorite. During theTertiary volcanicmagma streams broke through the sandstone layer and solidified intobasalt andphonolite. Several sandstone contact areas were also hardened to columns and distinct rock formations.
The highest peak is theLausche (793 m). Other notable peaks include the Pěnkavčí vrch (792m), Jedlová (774m), Klíč (760m), Hochwald (750m) and Studenec (736m).
The Czech part of the Lusatian Mountains have been anature reserve since 1976, covering an area of 264 km2 (102 sq mi). Administratively it is known as the Lusatian Mountains Protected Landscape Area (CHKO Lužické hory) and has the status of CHKO, a so-calledLandscape park.[1] The smaller German part of the mountains also became a nature protection in 2008, when theZittau Mountain Nature Park was established, with the effect that the entire Lusatian Mountains is now under some form of nature protection.
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