Eastern Ore Mountains
Natural regions in the Saxon Ore Mountains The Eastern Ore Mountains (German: Osterzgebirge ) form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part of the larger Saxon Highlands and Uplands region. Its southern continuation beyond the German border covers an area of roughly the same extent in the Czech Republic. Contents 1 Geography 2 Settlements 3 Rivers and lakes 4 Nature reserves 5 See also 6 References 7 General sources 8 Literature 9 External links Geography The region is bounded in the west by the valley of the Flöha river, itself part of the Central Ore Mountains region. In the northeast it borders on Saxon Switzerland, the German (northern) side of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, at Bad Gottleuba. The boundary with the Ore Mountain Foreland to the north is rather unclear, roughly running from the town of Flöha along the Tharandt Fore...