the province's natural borders are świętokrzyskie mountains ("góry świętokrzyskie") on the north, "jura krakowsko-częstochowska" (a broad range of hills stretching from kraków to częstochowa) on the west, and the tatra, pieniny and beskidy mountains on the south. the provinces and countries it is bordered by are the silesian voivodeship to the west, świętokrzyskie voivodeship to the north, subcarpathian voivodeship to the east, and the country of slovakia to the south.