The Elbe Sandstone Mountains (German Elbsandsteingebirge, Czech Labské pískovce) is a mountain range. It straddles the border between the states of Saxony (in south eastern Germany) and the Czech Republic. The name derives from the sandstone which was carved by the river Elbe. Image File history File links de: Felsformation Kleine Gans (Vorderer, Mittlerer und Hinterer Gansfels sowie Plattenstein (v. ... Image File history File links de: Felsformation Kleine Gans (Vorderer, Mittlerer und Hinterer Gansfels sowie Plattenstein (v. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Red Sandstone in Wyoming Sandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian Åobjo, Polish Åaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ...
The Elbe rises at an elevation of about 1400 m (4593 ft) in the Krkonoše (german known as Riesengebirge) on the north west borders of the Czech Republic.
After plunging down the 60 m of the Labský vodopád, the latter stream unites with the steeply torrential Malé Labe, and thereafter the united stream of the Elbe pursues a southerly course, emerging from the mountain glens at and continuing on to Pardubice, where it turns sharply to the west.
Elbe and not Vltava, since upstream from the confluence the Vltava is longer and has a larger drainage basin.
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