The Mohelnice Depression () is a depression and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc Region. It forms part of the Eastern Sudetes and represents a lowland corridor along the Morava River, separating the surrounding highlands of the region. The highest elevation of the depression is Homà ¯lka (333 m). The depression is named after the town of Mohelnice.
The Mohelnice Depression lies between the Hanuà ¡ovice Highlands to the northeast and the Zábà Âeh Highlands to the southwest, in the northern part of the Olomouc Region. It extends between the towns of Mohelnice and Zábà Âeh and forms a distinct linear lowland separating surrounding highlands of the Eastern Sudetes. The depression is part of the informally defined region of Haná, which is the most fertile part of the Czech Republic.
The Mohelnice Depression has an area of and an average elevation of . The highest elevation of the depression is Homà ¯lka (333 m).
Several roads and railway lines follow its relatively flat terrain. The landscape consists mainly of gently rolling hills, agricultural land and river valleys.
Geologically, the Mohelnice Depression represents a tectonically conditioned trough structure formed by fault movements within the eastern part of the Bohemian Massif. The basin is filled with younger sediments deposited by rivers and erosion from the surrounding uplands.
A small part of the protected landscape area of Litovelské Pomoravàextends into the Mohelnice Depression in the south. It protects floodplain forests and wetlands along the Morava River. The surrounding countryside contains predominantly an agricultural landscape and only a minimum of forested land.