The Zábřeh Highlands () are highlands and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Pardubice regions.
Geomorphology The Zábřeh Highlands is a mesoregion of the Eastern Sudetes within the Bohemian Massif. The mesoregion is further subdivided into the microregions of Bouzov Highlands, Mírov Highlands and Drozdov Highlands.
The highest part of the Zábřeh Highlands is the north (Drozdov Highlands). The highest peaks of the Zábřeh Highlands are: Lázek, Vrchy, Švédské šance, Stráně, Pustina, Varta, Louková hora, Sychrov, Zahálkovy skalky, Kančí vrch,
Geology The geological bedrock is dominated by Lower Carboniferous weakly metamorphosed sediments (greywacke and slate). The southern part (Bouzov Highlands) also has a significant presence of Devonian limestones. Upper Cretaceous sediments are found in the central part (Mírov Highlands), and granitoids are exposed in the northern part (Drozdov Highlands).
Geography The Zábřeh Highlands is bordered by following mesoregions: to the south the Upper Morava Valley, to the northeast the Hanušovice Highlands, to the east the Mohelnice Depression, to the west the Orlické Foothills, to the northwest the Orlické Mountains, and to the north the Kłodzko Valley.
The Zábřeh Highlands have an area of and an average elevation of .
The main rivers in the territory are Moravská Sázava and Třebůvka, whose valleys border the central part of the territory (Mírov Highlands). There are almost no significant settlements in the Zábřeh Highlands, only the eastern half of the town of Zábřeh, after which the region is named.
Protection of nature A small part of the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area extends into the Zábřeh Highlands.
References
External links Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic in the map portal of the State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre