Jizera Mountains (Czech: Jizerské hory; German: Isergebirge; Polish: Góry Izerskie), or Izera Mountains, are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part (on the south) is formed from granite, north part gneisses and mica schists, with some areas formed from basalt. The mountains got their name from the Jizera River, which rises at the southern base of Smrk Mountain (German: Tafelfichte).
The weather conditions are characterized by above-average annual precipitation. On 30 July 1897, the measuring station at Nová Louka recorded a daily precipitation amounting to 345.1 mm (13.6 inches), still an unbroken European record. The Jizera Mountains comprise the sources of the Jizera river, the Kwisa and the Lusatian Neisse.
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