Orava Highlands

The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, Oravská vrchovina) is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians.

In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; in Poland they're considered Western Beskids.

The highlands stretch along both sides of the Orava River, and cover an area about 220 square kilometers.

It consists of two smaller areas: the Podchočská brázda (the Podchočská furrow) and the Veličnianska kotlina (Veličnianska basin).

Geologically the highlands are composed of Carpathian flysch and the limestone unique to the Pieniny Klippen Belt.