Stryi-San Highland

Part of the Eastern Carpathians

Striysko-Syanskaya Verkhovina^[1] (Ukrainian: Стри́йсько-Ся́нська Верхови́на) – part of Ukrainian Carpathians within the Turka and Skole district, Lviv Oblast.
The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya System that stretches from the western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces". There are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and Southern Carpathians.
Striysko-Syanskaya Verkhovina is part of the Eastern Carpathians and is located in the upper reaches of rivers Opir River,^[2] Stryi River and San River.
On the territory there Protected areas Nadsyansky Regional Landscape Park,^[3] zakaznik "Pikui" and zakaznik Berdo.^[4]

Gallery

Southern slope of the Trostyan Mountain.
View of the village Plavie (Skole Raion)
The mountain range Dovzhky in Skole district.
Mountain road in the Skole Beskids.
Resting place
Recreation in Ukrainian Carpathians
Klymets Natural Preserve in the “Skole Beskids”.

References

↑ Стрийсько-Сянська Верховина(Ukrainian)
↑ Опір (річка)(Ukrainian)
↑ Nadsyansky Regional Landscape Park
↑ Бердо (заказник)(Ukrainian)

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