The paper presents a way to classify the organization of the natural environment in high-mountain areas – a method of partial geocomplexes delimitation. The main concern was put on the terrain relief and morphogenetic processes being the most important factors influencing the landscape structure. In the southern part of the Kościeliska Valley in the Tatra Mts. 10 types of morphotops (partial geocomplexes with homogeneous terrain relief and recent morphogenetic processes) were identified 3 groups distinquished: morphotops of valley floors, those of slopes and those of ridge tops. For each type of morphotop basic characteristics of lithology, climate, soils, plant cover and recent morphogenetic processes were presented in the text.
