| Low Beskids / Central Beskids | |
|---|---|
| Slovak: Nízke Beskydy Polish: Beskidy Środkowe | |
 Low Beskids / Central Beskids, marked in red and labeled with B | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Busov (Slovakia) |
| Elevation | 1,002 m (3,287 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°29′00″N 22°40′04″E / 49.48333°N 22.66778°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 120 km (75 mi) west-east |
| Width | 50–70 km (31–43 mi) north-south |
| Area | 7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi) |
| Geography | |
| Countries | Slovakia and Poland |
| Parent range | Outer Eastern Carpathians |
| Borders on | Doły Jasielsko Sanockie, Bieszczady Mountains, Pogórze Bukowskie, Bukovské vrchy, Vihorlat Mountains, Eastern Slovak Lowland, Slanské vrchy, Čergov and Ľubovnianska vrchovina |
| Geology | |
| Rock type(s) | granite, gneiss and limestone |
The Low Beskids (Slovak: Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids (Polish: Beskidy Środkowe; Czech: Centrální Beskydy; Ukrainian: Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. They constitute a middle (central) section of the Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
Since there are several traditional divisions of the Beskid Mountains in general, this particular region has also been classified by different designations. In Slovak terminology, the region is called Low Beskids (Slovak: Nízke Beskydy). In Polish terminology, the same region is not classified under the term Low Beskids (Polish: Beskid Niski), since that term is used to designate only one part of the region, while the Polish equivalent term for the entire region is Central Beskids (Polish: Beskidy Środkowe).
It is a hilly region, encompassing the Prešov Region, Sanok County and Jasło County, and covering the area between Busov, Ondavská vrchovina, Laborecká vrchovina, Beskydské predhorie in Slovakia, and Beskid Sądecki, Pogórze Bukowskie and Bieszczady near the river Wisłoka, Wisłok and Osława in Poland. The mountain range has two summits, one of 1,002 (Busov),[1] and one of 997 metres (Lackowa). The Low Beskids separate the Bieszczady Mountains from the Western Carpathians.
Original flora and fauna of the region were preserved because of the area's remoteness. The mountain range is covered with beech forests. The area is protected by Magurski National Park and Jaśliski Park Krajobrazowy. Animals living in this reserve are, amongst others, black storks, deer and wolves.
- ^ Földvary 1988, p. 112.