How to detect the device orientation using CSS media queries?

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CSS to detect screen orientation:

 @media screen and (orientation:portrait) { … }
 @media screen and (orientation:landscape) { … }

The CSS definition of a media query is at http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#orientation

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