The Moravče Valley is a geographical feature in Central Slovenia.
Geography
A part of the
Posavje folds
The Lower Sava Valley (, also ''Spodnje Posavje'' and ''Posavska regija'') is a region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. It has three major urban centres: Brežice, Krško, and Sevnica. Its borders are almost identical with t ...
, the Moravče valley reaches to
Moravče and is composed of
sediments of
tertiary
Tertiary (from Latin, meaning 'third' or 'of the third degree/order..') may refer to:
* Tertiary period, an obsolete geologic period spanning from 66 to 2.6 million years ago
* Tertiary (chemistry), a term describing bonding patterns in organic ch ...
nature. Of predominance are various sandstones, sands and
Miocene Era
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...
marlaceous clays. Beneath the rock, layers exist of mostly dolomized limestone, dolomites and
Early Jurassic and Upper Triassic limestone.
References
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Valleys of Slovenia