Editing Olomouc Region (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Praded letecky pohled 01.jpg|thumb|150px| Aerial view of [[Praděd]]]]
The total area of the region amounts to 5,267&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, which is 6.7% of the entire area of the Czech Republic.
The northern part of the region is of mountainous nature. The [[Hrubý Jeseník|Jeseníky mountains]] are located here, including [[Praděd]], which is the highest point of the region (1,492 m above sea level). The southern part of the region consists of the Hanakian lowland. The lowest point of the region is situated on the water level of the [[Morava (river)|Morava River]] near to [[Kojetín]] in the [[Přerov District]] (190 m above sea level).
The [[Morava (river)|Morava river]] flows through the region and the majority of the region's territory belongs to Morava's [[drainage basin]]. A small northern part of the region belongs to the drainage basin of [[Oder|Odra River]], which flows to the [[Baltic Sea]].
The Olomouc Region offers a great variety of natural points of interest. [[Protected areas of the Czech Republic|Protected landscape area]] of the Jeseníky mountains offers a number of scenic places such as the largest Moravian peatbog Rejvíz and the 45m high Vysoký Waterfall. Another scenic place is [[Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant|Dlouhé Stráně]] water reservoir situated on the top of a hill. Protected landscape area Litovelské Pomoraví offers floodplain forests with many endangered species of plants and animals. Finally, many caves can be found in the region: Javoříčko Caves ({{langx|cs|Javoříčské jeskyně}}), Mladeč Caves ({{langx|cs|Mladečské jeskyně}}) and Zbrašov aragonite caves ({{langx|cs|Zbrašovské jeskyně}}).<ref name="czso.cz">Characteristics of the Olomoucký Region, Available online at: http://www.czso.cz/csu/2010edicniplan.nsf/engt/F80031C6B4/$File/71101110chen.pdf</ref>