The Central Bohemian Uplands (also known as Central Bohemian Highlands; , ) is a highland and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the ÃÂstÃÂ nad Labem Region.
The Central Bohemian Uplands is a mesoregion of the Podkruà ¡nohorská Macroregion within the Bohemian Massif. It has the character of a rugged highland and, in some places, a flat mountain range. The area is very rugged and is divided into two halves by the incised valley of the Elbe River, which is deepened up to 400âÂÂ500 m into the surrounding relief. The uplands are further subdivided into the microregions of Verneà Âice Uplands and Mileà ¡ovka Uplands. The southeastern part (Mileà ¡ovka Uplands) is characterized by numerous isolated volcanic inselbergs. The northeastern part (Verneà Âice Uplands) consists mainly of flat ridges, but the edges of this area are rugged with large elevation differences.
The area is characterized by distinctively sharp isolated peaks. The highest peaks of the Central Bohemian Uplands are:
The lowest point of the Central Bohemian Uplands is the Elbe River in DÃÂÃÂÃÂn at above sea level.
The Central Bohemian Uplands stretches from the southwest to the northeast and is about long. The region have an area of and an average elevation of .
The most important river is the Elbe, which creates a distinctive valley. Its most important tributaries within the Central Bohemian Uplands are the PlouÃÂnice and BÃÂlina. There are only a few lakes and fishponds here. The most important of them are Lake à ½ernosecké jezero (formed by flooding a gravel quarry) and Chmelaà  Pond.
The edge of the territory is lined with important settlements. Among the most populated settlements that extend to the Central Bohemian Uplands are the cities of ÃÂstànad Labem, Most, Teplice and DÃÂÃÂÃÂn, and the towns of LitomÃÂà Âice and Lovosice. The most important settlements, which are in the Central Bohemian Uplands by their entire territory, are Kamenický à  enov, Beneà ¡ov nad PlouÃÂnicÃÂ, à ½andov and Verneà Âice.
The forest cover of the area is below average for the Czech Republic. The cultural landscape, influenced by human activity, predominates. However, it is a valuable and balanced landscape, and most of the area of the Central Bohemian Uplands (84%) is protected as the ÃÂeské stà Âedohoà ÂàProtected Landscape Area. The protected landscape area has an area of .
The Central Bohemian Uplands were formed by volcanic activity and are the most extensive manifestation of volcanism in the territory of the Czech Republic. Basalt constitutes 73.6% of the geological bedrock. The rest consists of trachyte and, to a small extent, andesite.