Carpathian Foothills

In the middle section of the province there is the Pogórze Karpackie (the Carpathian Foothills) – the lowest part of the Polish Carpathians, a group of low hills with gentle and oval slopes, ranging from 350 to 600 m in elevation. Brown and podsolic soils in the form of dust dominate in this area. Forests grow mainly in the top parts of larger hills. These are mostly mixed woods, usually of fir and beech, although in the lower parts there are hornbeams, oaks, birch–trees, and pines as well, and in the higher parts, not only firs and beeches, but also spruces. There are some larch woods and rare and small agglomerations of yew–tree (e.g. around Malinówka in Brzozów district).
The most valuable species are twinleaf squell and martagon lily (Lilium martagon), found on the Pogórze Dynowskie (the Dynów Foothills). Big attractions are the unique beaver, badger, lesser spotted eagle, black stork, crow and yellow–bellied toad habitats. The Carpathian Foothills lies in the transient climate zone. Average annual temperature is around +7ºC, the highest summer daily temperature is +18ºC; the lowest winter daily temperature is –3 to –5ºC. Average annual precipitation ranges from around 750 mm in the west to 800 mm in the east. On average, there are around 50 cold days, and ground–frost persists even up to 150 days a year. Snow–sheet duration is around 80 days. Southwesterly winds are the most common.