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==Geography== It is located in the north-eastern [[Slovakia]] and has an area of 8,975 km<sup>2</sup>. The region has a predominantly mountainous landscape. The subdivisions of [[Tatras]] – [[High Tatras]] and [[Belianske Tatras]] lie almost entirely in the region and include the highest point of Slovakia – [[Gerlachovský štít]] (2,654 ASL). Other mountain ranges and highlands in the region are [[Šarišská vrchovina]], [[Čergov]], [[Ondavská vrchovina]], [[Slanské vrchy]], [[Pieniny]], [[Levoča Hills]], [[Laborecká vrchovina]], [[Bukovské vrchy]], [[Vihorlat Mountains]] and [[Eastern Slovak Lowland]]. The basins in Prešov Region are [[Podtatranská kotlina]], [[Hornádska kotlina]] and [[Košice Basin]]. Major rivers in the region include the [[Poprad River|Poprad]] in the west, which is the only major Slovak river in the [[Baltic Sea]] watershed, a small part of [[Hornád]] in the south-west, a small part of [[Dunajec]] in the north, the [[Torysa (river)|Torysa]] in the centre and the [[Ondava]] and [[Laborec]] in the east. As for administrative divisions, the region borders on the [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Lesser Poland]] and [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship|Subcarpathian]] voivodeships in [[Poland]] in the north, [[Zakarpattia Oblast]] of [[Ukraine]] in the east, [[Košice Region]] in the south, [[Banská Bystrica Region]] in the south-west and [[Žilina Region]] in the west.
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