Auschwitz basin
The Auschwitz Basin ( Kotlina Oświęcimska in Polish ) in Poland is a large basin in Silesia and Lesser Poland at the foot of the Beskids . It is at an altitude of 230 m above sea level. NN and covers an area of 1236 km².
geography
The Auschwitz Basin is part of the Northern Carpathian Foothills and extends along the upper course of the Vistula between the Silesian-Krakow Highlands in the north and the Silesian Foothills and the Wilamowice Foothills in the south. The Krakauer Tor connects to the east and the Ostrava Basin to the west .
The Auschwitz Basin is traversed from west to east by the Vistula, where it is dammed up at Goczałkowice-Zdrój to the Goczałkowice Reservoir . The Carpathian rivers Biała , Soła and Skawa flow into the Vistula from the south and the Przemsa , Gostynia and Pszczynka from the north in the basin .
The Auschwitz basin is densely populated. Larger cities are Oświęcim , Pszczyna , Czechowice-Dziedzice , Brzeszcze , Zator and Tychy . The fertile soils are used intensively for agriculture. It is a center of carp breeding in Poland, with numerous carp lakes.
literature
Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ISBN 83-01-02323-6
See also
panorama
