The Czech Republic - Geography, Climate, Economy, Prague

It covers an area of 78 864 sq km and the population is 10 432 774 inhabitants. The capital city is Prague (1 217 315) and in the CR there live mainly the Czechs (94 %), the Slovaks, the Poles, the Germans, the Roms etc.

Geography
The CR is quite a small state lies in the real heart of Europe. It’s neighbours are Germany on the west, Poland on the north, Slovakia on the east and Austria on the south. The CR consists of three parts: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (1). It’s borders are composed naturally, by a belt of the mountains: the Lužické (2) and the Jizerské Mountains and the Krkonoše (3) (Sněžka, 1 603 m) on the north, the Orlické Mountains (4) and the Jeseníky on the north-east, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and the Bílé Karpaty on the south-east, the Šumava and the Czech Forest on the south and south-west and finally the Krušné Mountains (5) on the north-west. Bohemia and Moravia is separated by the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. Other - it means central - parts of the CR are composed by many hills, plains, flats etc.