Viennese Basin

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The Viennese Basin (German: Wiener Becken, Czech: Vídenská kotlina, Slovak: Viedenská kotlina) is a sedimentary basin between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. More than 50% of the Viennese basin is located in Lower Austria, the rest is in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The fairly level area has the shape of a spindle, over an area of 50 kilometres by 200 kilometres.

Parts:

The Viennese Basin proper. The part within the Czech Republic is called Dolnomoravský úval (the Lower Moravian Vale), whilst that within Slovakia is called Borská nížina (the Bor Lowland)
Marchfeld in Austria
Leitha Mountains (Leitha-Gebirge) in Austria
Chvojnice Hills (Chvojnická pahorkatina) in Slovakia

The Bor Lowland and Chvojnice Hills are known collectively as Záhorská nížina (the Záhorie Lowland).

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