Mährische Pforte
To the east, the landscape gradually descends into the Moravian Gate ("Moravská brána") valley with the Bečva and Odra Rivers. The former flows to the south-west, the latter to the north-east, where the terrain spreads into the flat Ostrava and Opava basins (Ostravská Opavská pánev), where most of the population lives. The region's heavy industry, which has been in decline for the last decade, is located there, too, benefiting from huge deposits of hard coal. The confluence of the Odra and Olše is the lowest point of the region, at 195 m.