Ore Mountains, joining the modern Sudetes to their west, or even (according to Schütte) the Bohemian Forest (although this is normally considered to be equivalent to Ptolemy's Gabreta forest). The modern Sudetes are probably Ptolemy's Askiburgion mountains. Ptolemy wrote "Σούδητα" in Greek, which is a neuter plural. Latin mons, however, is a masculine, hence Sudeti. The Latin version, and the modern geographical identification, is likely to be a scholastic innovation, as it is not attested in classical Latin literature. The meaning of the name is not known. In one hypothetical derivation, it means Mountains of Wild Boars, relying on Indo-European *su-, "pig". A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain. Subdivisions The Sudetes are usually divided into: Eastern Sudetes, in the Czech Republic and Poland Golden Mountains Hanušovice Highlands Hrubý Jeseník with Mt. Praděd, Mohelnice Depression Nízký Jeseník Opawskie Mountains Śnieżnik Mountains Zábřeh Highlands Central Sudetes, in the Czech Republic and Poland Orlické Mountains with Mt. Velká Deštná, Podorlicko Uplands Broumov Highlands Kłodzko Valley Bystrzyckie Mountains Bardzkie Mountains Stołowe Mountains Owl Mountains Krucze Mountains Stone Mountains Waldenburg Mountains Western Sudetes, in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland Frýdlant Hills Giant Mountains with Mt. Sněžka, Giant Mountains Foothills Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge Jizera Mountains Kaczawskie Mountains Kaczawskie Foothills Lusatian Mountains Lusatian Highlands Lusatian Gefilde West Lusatian Foothills East Lusatian Foothills Rudawy Janowickie Jelenia Góra Valley Zittau Basin Sudeten Foreland Strzegom Hills Świdnicka Plain Ślęża Massif Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie Hills Podsudeckie Depression Žulová Hilly Land Vidnava Lowland High Sudetes (, , ) is together name for the ranges of Giant Mountains, Hrubý Jeseník and Snieznik Mountains. Climate The highest mountains, those located along the Czech-Polish border have annual precipitations around 1500 mm. The Table Mountains that reach 919 m have precipitations ranging from 750 mm at lower locations to 920 mm in the upper parts with July being the rainiest month. Snow cover at the Table Mountains typically last 70 to 95 days depending on altitude. Vegetation Settlement, logging and clearance has left forest pockets in the foothills with dense and continuous forest being found in the upper parts of the mountains. Due to logging in the last centuries little remains of the broad-leaf trees like beech, sycamore, ash and littleleaf linden that were once common in the Sudetes. Instead Norway spruce was planted in their place in the early 19th century, in