The Podčeskoleská Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located along the Upper Palatine Forest mountain range, in the Plzeň and Karlovy Vary regions.
Geomorphology
The Podčeskoleská Hills is a mesoregion of the Upper Palatine Forest Macroregion within the Bohemian Massif. The mesoregion extends along the Upper Palatine Forest mountains and forms a depression between this mountain range and the eastern highlands. The mesoregion is further subdivided into the microregions of Tachov Furrow and Chodsko Uplands.
The highest peaks of the Podčeskoleská Hills are: Chebský vršek, Černá hora, Na Vrších, Na Hvězdě, Sedlo, Chlumek, Vačina, Hrádek, Panský vrch, Pískový vrch,
Geography The Podčeskoleská Hills has an area of and an average elevation of . The territory has an elongated shape from the north to the south, which is about long and about wide.
The territory is crossed by many watercourses that flow down from the Upper Palatine Forest and continue eastwards. The most important such watercourses are the Mže and the Radbuza. The area is rich in small fishponds. The largest body of water is the fishpond Regent with an area of .
The most populated towns that are entirely or mostly located in the territory are Tachov, Mariánské Lázně, Domažlice, Planá, Horšovský Týn and Bor.
Geology The geological bedrock is mainly composed of granite and sedimentary rocks (sand, gravels, clay). To a lesser extent, schists, gneisses, paragneisses and phyllites are found here.
Nature Compared to neighbouring natural regions, there is a high proportion of agricultural land and low proportion of forests.
Small parts of the protected landscape areas of Slavkov Forest and Český les extend into the Podčeskoleská Hills.
References
External links
Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic in the map portal of the State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre