White Carpathians

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Location of the White Carpathians

The White Carpathians (Czech: Bílé Karpaty; Slovak: Biele Karpaty) is the westernmost mountain range of the Carpathian Mountains. They are part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians and are situated on the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The highest mountain is Veľká Javorina (Czech: Velká Javořina) at 970 m (3,182.4 ft), followed by Chmeľová at 926 m (3,038.1 ft), Makyta at 923 m (3,028.2 ft), and Veľký Lopeník at 911 m (2,988.8 ft).

There is a protected landscape area on both sides of the mountains: Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area in Slovakia, founded in 1979, and Bíle Karpaty Protected Landscape Area in the Czech Republic, founded in 1980. The areas contain a wide variety of fauna and flora. Some species found there are endemic. Especially some types of orchids grow only in the meadows of the White Carpathians.