| Moravian-Silesian region | |
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| Capital city | Ostrava |
| Currency | the Czech crown |
| Surface | 5 445 |
| Population | 1 350 000 |
| Tongue | Czech |
| religion | Catholicism, Protestantism |
Moravian-Silesian region - is the administrative region in Czechia, the equivalent of the Polish province, near the border with Slovakia and Poland, at the mouth of the Opava and Ostravice rivers to the Oder. The capital of the country is Ostrava. Its area is part of the territorial district of the North Moravian Region.
Characteristic
Geography
The Moravian-Silesian Region lies on the border of the Bohemian Massif and the Western Carpathians.
The highest hill - Praděd (1491 m above sea level) in the Jeseníky range on the border with the Olomouc region. At the opposite end of the region, there is Łysa Góra (part Lysá hora) (1,324 m above sea level) in the Silesian-Moravian Beskids on the border with the Zlin region. The lower mountain range is the Silesian Beskids on the border with Poland. The north-west of the area is a highland in the basin of the Oder and its tributaries.
Most of the country, through the Odra River and its tributaries (Opawa, Ostravice, Olza and Osobłoga) belongs to the Baltic Sea catchment area. The area of Nízke Jesenik near Rýmařov and part of the Nový Jičín poviat through Moravia belong to the Black Sea catchment area.
Climate
The climate in the region is moderately warm, and the average annual temperature here is 9 ° C. The region ranks fairly well in terms of the amount of rainfall. Even in the dry months, there is a lot of rainfall here. During the year, the average rainfall is around 900 mm. In terms of record meteorological anomalies, the Moravian-Silesian country can be classified as very safe.
History
In the late Middle Ages, this area developed rapidly. The time of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries brought numerous conflicts, among others. the Hussite Wars and the Thirty Years' War, which strongly influenced the character of the region.
During the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, these areas belonged partly to the Moravian margins and partly to Austrian Silesia.
In the years 1949–1960 most of today's Moravian-Silesian country was divided between two - Ostrava (most of the areas) and Olomouc. After 1960, the area of the Moravian-Silesian region became part of the North Moravian region (part Severomoravský kraj), which lasted until December 31, 1999.
The Moravian-Silesian Region was established as a result of an administrative reform in 2000.
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