Ore Mountains
mountain range in central Europe
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Summary
Ore Mountains is a low mountain range[1]. It draws 5,719 Wikipedia views per month (low mountain range category, ranking #5 of 31).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Erzgebirgskreis[3], Mittelsachsen[4], Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge[5], Karlovy Vary Region[6], Ústí nad Labem Region[7], Vogtlandkreis[8], Saxony[9]
- Country: Germany[10], Czech Republic[11]
- Instance of: mesoregion[12], cultural landscape[13]
- Shares border with: Q23648983[14], Saxon-Bohemian Chalk Sandstone Region[15], Vogtland[16]
- Named after: ore[17]
- Made from material: sedimentary rock[18], metamorphic rock[19], igneous rock[20]
- Part of: Krušnohorská hornatina[21]
- Commons category: Ore Mountains[22]
- Said to be the same as: Sudéta[23]
- Has part(s): Klínovecká hornatina[24], Loučenská hornatina[25]
- Highest point: Klínovec[26]
- Coordinate location: 50.5, 13[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ore Mountains[28]
- Commons gallery: Ore Mountains[29]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfter Band[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35]
- Native label: Erzgebirge - Krušné hory[36]
- Time period: Paleozoic[37]
- Mountain range: Bohemian Massif[38]
- Geomorphological unit: Krušnohorská hornatina[39]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Ore Mountains[40]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Ore Mountains include 8020 Erzgebirge[41], an asteroid[42].
Why It Matters
Ore Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include 8020 Erzgebirge[41], an asteroid[42].