The Central Sudetes (Czech: Orlická oblast or Střední Sudety, Polish: Sudety Środkowe, German: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west.
The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including:
The Kłodzko Valley (Polish: Kotlina Kłodzka, Czech: Kladská kotlina, German: Glatzer Kessel) a valley in the Sudetes mountain range, that covers the central part of Kłodzko County in south-western Poland, with the southern tip extending to the Czech Republic around the town of Králíky. The chief and largest town in the valley is Kłodzko.
It is traversed by the upper Eastern Neisse river running from south to north and surrounded by the Table Mountains, Bardzkie Mountains and Bystrzyckie Mountains of the Central Sudetes in the west as well as by the Snieznik Mountains, Golden Mountains and Owl Mountains of the Eastern Sudetes in the east. The mountain passes of Kudowa/Běloves in the west and of Międzylesie/Lichkov in the south connect to Czech areas around Náchod and Králíky respectively. Flowing through the valley, the Eastern Neisse is joined by Biała Lądecka, Bystrzyca Dusznicka and Ścinawka rivers, and then exits it in the northeast through the Bardzkie Mountains to Bardo in Lower Silesia.
The Stołowe Mountains (Polish: [stɔˈwɔvɛ]; in English known as the Table Mountains, Polish: Góry Stołowe, Czech: Stolové hory, German: Heuscheuergebirge) are a mountain range in Poland and the Czech Republic, part of the Central Sudetes. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Stołowe Mountains National Park. The highest peak of the range is Szczeliniec Wielki at 922 meters (3,025 ft) a.s.l.
The Bardzkie Mountains (Polish: Góry Bardzkie, German: Warthagebirge ) are a mountain range in the Central Sudetes in Poland.
The Bystrzyckie Mountains (Polish: Góry Bystrzyckie, German: Habelschwerdter Gebirge, Czech: Bystřické hory) are a mountain range in Poland, part of the Central Sudetes.
The Owl Mountains (Polish: Góry Sowie; Czech: Soví hory; Silesian: Gōry Ôwce; German: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park.