The Central Sudetes are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 and Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr

Bóbr

Bóbr is a river which runs through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland, a left tributary of the Oder River, with a length of and a basin area of .The Bóbr originates in the Rýchory mountains in the southeast of the Karkonosze range, where the source is...

 in the west.

The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain range

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

s, including:

• Orlické hory
  Orlické hory
  The Orlické Mountains ) are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in Czech Republic, forming a subgroup of the Central Sudetes. They follow the border with Klodzko Land in Poland for 25 miles . The mountains are mainly composed of crystalline rocks, consistent with the makeup of...
  
  
• Bystrzyckie Mountains
  Bystrzyckie Mountains
  The Bystrzyckie Mountains is a mountain range in Poland, part of the Central Sudetes....
  
  
• Bardzkie Mountains
  Bardzkie Mountains
  The Bardzkie Mountains is a mountain range in Central Sudetes in Poland.Major towns:* Bardo* Ząbkowice Śląskie* Kamieniec Ząbkowicki* Srebrna Góra* Kłodzko...
  
  
• Owl Mountains
  Owl Mountains
  The Owl Mountains is a mountain range in the Central Sudetes in south-west Poland. It runs between the historic Lower Silesian region and Kłodzko Land. The range includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park....
  
  
• Stone Mountains
  Stone Mountains
  The Stone Mountains is a mountain range in Central Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland....
  
  
• Table Mountains
  Table Mountains
  The Table Mountains are a -long mountain range in Poland and the Czech Republic, part of the Central Sudetes. The range is situated southeast of the Karkonosze. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Table Mountains National Park...
  
  

The largest town within the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where the Owl Mountains contain extended black coal

Bituminous coal

Bituminous coal or black coal is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than lignite coal but of poorer quality than Anthracite...

reserves.