Jizera Mountains

Jizera Mountains

▪ mountains, Europe
Czech  Jizerské Hory , German  Isergebirge 

      part of the Sudeten mountain ranges in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, extending into Poland. It comprises a small group of peaks, though it has the highest point in the Czech Republic, at Jizera (3,681 feet [1,122 m]); Wysoka Kopa in Poland is slightly higher (3,698 feet [1,127 m]). The Jizera Mountains group is separated from the Lužice Mountains (Lužické Hory) by the Neisse (Nisa) River. Liberec lies in this valley, and its northern suburbs extend up the Jizera slopes. The mountains are a major source of granite for building.

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