Key facts
- Peak
- Lausche /Luž
- Elevation
- 793 m (2,602 ft)
- Countries
- Czech Republic Germany
- Regions states
- Liberec Ústí nad Labem , Saxony
- Parent range
- Western Sudetes
- Rock types
- Sandstone Granite
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mesoregion
- Part of
- Western Sudetes
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Görlitz District
- Highest point
- Lausche
- Material used
- granite
- Image
- Vrchol Luže v zimě.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lusatian Mountains
- topic's main category
- Category:Lusatian Mountains
- mountain range
- Sudetes
- geomorphological unit
- Western Sudetes
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lusatian Mountains (Czech: Lužické hory; German: Lausitzer Gebirge) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Germany. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley. The mountains of the northern, German, part are called the Zittau Mountains.
Geography
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