Orlické hory (Feb. 2005)

O r l i c k é h o r y - the Eagle Mountains - are an indivisible part of the mountain fortifications that form a natural border of the Czech basin. They belong to the Sudeten system - Orlický hřbet (Eagle Ridge), which is about a thousand metres above sea level, is the highest part of the Central Sudetenland. It is narrow, compact ridge with deep-cut valleys of the Divoká (Wild) and Tichá (Quiet) Orlice rivers to the south-east. The highest mountain of the range is Velká Deštná (Rain Mountain) - 1,115 metres above sea level.