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Choč Mountains
The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, ''Chočské vrchy'') are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Highest peak is Veľký Choč at 1 611 metres above sea level. Location Choč Mountains are bordered: * in the northwest by the Orava Highlands, * in the northeast by the valley of the Podtatranská Brázda, * in the east by the Western Tatras, * the south by the basin of the Podtatranská kotlina, * in the southwest by Greater Fatra Highest Peaks * Veľký Choč, 1611 metres * Malý Choč, 1465 metres * Prosečné, 1371 metres * Holica, 1340 metres * Lomná, 1278 metres See also * Tatra Mountains * Tourism in Slovakia Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts. More than 5 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, and the most attract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Language
Slovak ( ; endonym: or ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech-Slovak languages, Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script and formerly in Cyrillic script. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Slovak is closely related to Czech language, Czech, to the point of very high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish language, Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology (linguistics), morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German language, German, as well as other Slavic languages. History The Czech–Slovak gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. From the late 6th century, parts of modern Slovakia were incorporated into the Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaghanate. In the 7th century, the Slavs played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. When the Avar Khaghanate dissolved in the 9th century, the Slavs established the Principality of Nitra before it was annexed by the Great Moravia, Principality of Moravia, which later became Great Moravia. When Great Moravia fell in the 10th century, the territory was integrated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatra-Tatra Area
The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into Austria and Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai .... The highest summit of the whole Carpathians, the Gerlachovský štít at , lies in the High Tatras range which belongs to this area. The Fatra-Tatra Area is from the northern side bounded by Pieniny Klippen Belt. Mountains of the area are located in two ranges. The external range consists of Hainburg Hills, Malé Karpaty (Pezinok part), Považský Inovec, Strážovské vrchy, Malá Fatra, Tatras (Western Tatras, Western, High Tatras, High and Belianske Tatras). Inner r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Western Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya System that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right. To generalize, there are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and the Southern Carpathians. Naming conventions The division is largely (with many exceptions) undisputed at the lowest level (except for the Ukrainian part), but various divisions are given for the higher levels, especially for the penultimate level. A geomorphological division has been used as much as the data was available; other new physioge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orava Highlands
The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, ''Oravská vrchovina'') is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western Carpathians. In Slovakia these hills are considered part of the Central Beskids; in Poland they're considered Western Beskids. The highlands stretch along both sides of the Orava River, and cover an area about 220 square kilometers. It consists of two smaller areas: the ''Podchočská brázda'' (the Podchočská furrow) and the ''Veličnianska kotlina'' (Veličnianska basin). The highest of the relatively modest summits are ''Kopec'' (1251 meters), ''Machy'' (1202 meters) and ''Mnich'' (1110 meters), the last of which towers over the ski resort town of Zuberec. Geologically the highlands are composed of Carpathian flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub-Tatra Trench
Sub-Tatra Trench (Polish language, Polish: Rów Podtatrzański; Slovakian language, Slovakian: Podtatranská brázda) (Regions of Poland, 514.14) is a Mesoregion (geomorphology), mesoregion located below the Tatra Mountains, part of the Podhale-Magura Area, Orava-Podhale Depression. The trench divides the Choč Mountains, Choč and Tatra Mountains from the Spiš–Gubałówka Highlands. The region has an elevation of between 700 and 1000 m.a.s.l. It is formed from Eocene marlstone slates (Podhalański Flysch). In Poland, the area has a total length of 20 km and a total surface area of 130 km². The regional valleys incline in the north, covered with alluvial fans, formed via upper course river flow. The Zakopane Valley has three gravel top soil coverings from three separate glacial periods. The western part and eastern borderlands of the Podtatrzański Trench are forested. The main brooks that drain through the valley are the Czarny Dunajec (river), Czarny Dunajec, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Tatras
The Western Tatras (; ) are mountains in the Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains, located on the Polish- Slovak border. The mountains border the High Tatras in the east, Podtatranská kotlina in the south, Choč Mountains in the west and Rów Podtatrzański in the north. The main ridge is 37 kilometers long and the mountain range contains 31 two-thousanders. Western Tatras are the second highest mountain range both in Poland and Slovakia; its highest peak is Bystrá at 2,248 meters. Other notable mountains include Jakubiná (2,194 m), Baranec (2,184 m), Baníkov (2,178 m), Tri kopy (2,136.3 m), Plačlivé (2,125.1 m), Ostrý Roháč (2,087.5 m), Volovec (Polish: ''Wołowiec''; 2,064 m), Kasprowy Wierch (Slovak: ''Kasprov vrch''; 1,987 m) and Giewont (1,894 m). They are partially located in the traditional regions of Liptov Liptov () is a historical and geographical region in central Slovakia with around 140,000 inhabitants. The area is also known by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podtatranská Kotlina
The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikuláš, Liptovský Hrádok, Svit, Poprad, Kežmarok, Spišská Belá and Podolínec. Location and characteristics The Podtatranská kotlina is oriented on an east–west axis and is around long and around wide in the north–south direction. It borders: * Tatras in the north * Spišská Magura in the north-east * Levoča Hills in the east *Kozie chrbty in the south-east * Low Tatras in the south *Greater Fatra in the south-west * Choč Mountains in the north-west The basin is divided into three sub-divisions: ''Liptovská kotlina'' (Liptov Basin), ''Popradská kotlina'' (Poprad Basin) and ''Tatranské predhorie'', also called ''podhorie'' (Tatra Piedmont). The border between the former named basins is also the drainage divide; the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Fatra
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Tourism In Slovakia
Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts. More than 5 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, and the most attractive destinations are the capital of Bratislava and the High Tatras. Most foreign visitors come from the Czech Republic (about 26 percent), Poland (15 percent) and Germany (11 percent). The majority of all visitors are Slovak (60 percent or about three million). Statistics Most visitors to Slovakia in who stayed in tourist accommodation establishments come from: Natural environment Some 40% of Slovakia is covered with forests. Slovakia’s forests contain a wide biodiversity and animals include brown bears, wolves, foxes, wild boars, muskrats, chamois and lynxes. Slovakia features a high percentage of wildlife included in protected areas. There are hardly any mountain ranges and areas not under some form of protection. One of Slovakia's main tourist attractions are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
