This article gives an overview of the geomorphological division of Slovakia. It is ordered in a hierarchical form, belonging to the Alps-Himalaya System and to the sub-systems of the Carpathian Mountains and of the Pannonian Basin. These subsystems are subsequently divided into provinces, sub-provinces and areas.
Terminology (first Slovak, second English translation(s); see also: (Slovak)):
- oblasť = area
- systém, sústava = system
- (sub)provincia = (sub)province
- nížina = lowland (0 - 200/300 m ASL)
- vysočina = highland (above 200/300 m ASL)
- rovina = flat (altitude difference app. 0 – 30 m)
- pahorkatina = hills, downs (altitude difference app. 30 – 100/150 m)
- vrchovina = upland, highland (altitude difference app. 100/150 – 300/310 m)
- hornatina = highland(s) (altitude difference app. 300/310 – 600/640 m)
- veľhornatina = mountains (altitude difference app. above 600/640 m)
- planina = app: plain, plateau, tableland
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- plošina = app: plateau, tableland
- zníženina, depresia = depression
- panva = basin
- kotlina = basin
- úval = hollow, depression
- brána = gate
- tabuľa = plateau, tableland
- podhorie = foothills
- brázda = furrow
- vrchy = hills
- pohorie = mountain range, mountain chain
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