Geomorphological classification of Slovakia

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Geomorphological classification of Slovakia
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The geomorphological division of Slovakia takes place in hierarchical form, with the main subdivision within the Alpine-Himalayan system into the subsystems of the Carpathian Mountains and the Pannonian Basin . These sub-systems are further subdivided into provinces, sub-provinces and areas. The classification shown on this page is based on the work of the Slovak geographers Emil Mazúr and Michal Lukniš from 1986, more recently shown on the overview map published by Dušan Kočický and Boris Ivanič from 2011.

The following, more detailed subdivision plays a very important role in the geography of Slovakia when describing places and landscapes.

overview

About two thirds of the territory is covered by the Carpathian Mountains. Slovakia has a share in both the Western and Eastern Carpathians . Both are in turn divided into Inner and Outer Carpathians.

About a third of the country consists of plains that belong to the Pannonian Basin. In the far west, Slovakia has a share in the Vienna Basin . In the southwest lies the Danube lowlands ( Podunajská nížina ). Both lowlands are part of the Little Hungarian Plain . The East Slovak Lowland ( Východoslovenská nížina ) in the south-east of the country , on the other hand, belongs to the Great Hungarian Plain .

Carpathian Mountains (Slov. Karpaty ) (subsystem)

Western Carpathians ( Západné Karpaty ) (Province)

Inner Western Carpathians ( Vnútorné Západné Karpaty ) (sub-province)

Slovenské rudohorie ( Slovak Ore Mountains ) (area)
Fatransko-tatranská oblasť ( Fatra-Tatra region )
Slovenské stredohorie ( Slovak Central Mountains ) (area)
Lučensko-košická zníženina ( Loschontz-Kaschauer Depression ) (area)
Matransko-slanská oblasť ( Mátra-Slanec region / Northern Hungarian Central Mountains )

Outer Western Carpathians ( Vonkajšie Západné Karpaty ) (sub-province)

Slovensko-Moravské Karpaty ( Slovak-Moravian Carpathians ) (area)
Západné Beskydy ( Západné Beskydy ) (area)
Stredné Beskydy ( Middle Beskydy ) (area)
Východné Beskydy ( East Beskydy ) (area)
Podhôľno-magurská oblasť ( Podhale Magura area )

Eastern Carpathians ( Východné Karpaty ) (Province)

Inner Eastern Carpathians ( Vnútorné Východné Karpaty ) (sub-province)

Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť ( Vihorlat-Gutin area )

Outer Eastern Carpathians ( Vonkajšie Východné Karpaty ) (sub-province)

Poloniny ( Forest Carpathians ) (area)
Nízke Beskydy ( Lower Beskydy ) (area)

Pannonian Basin ( Panónska panva ) (subsystem)

Západopanónska panva ( West Pannonian Basin ) (Province)

Vienna Basin ( Viedenská kotlina ) (sub-province)

Záhorská nížina ( Záhorie lowlands ) (area)
Juhomoravská panva ( South Moravian Basin ) (area)

Malá dunajská kotlina ( Little Hungarian Plain ) (sub-province)

Podunajská nížina ( Danube lowlands ) (area)

Východopanónska panva ( East Pannonian Basin ) (Province)

Veľká dunajská kotlina ( Great Hungarian Plain ) (sub-province)

Východoslovenská nížina ( East Slovak Lowlands ) (area)

terminology

Slovak terminology:

  • oblasť = area
  • systém = sústava = system
  • (sub) provincia = (sub) province

Geomorphological formations:

  • nížina = lowland, lowland (0 - 200/300 m above sea level)
  • vysočina = highlands (over 200/300 m above sea level)
  • rovina = level (difference in altitude approx. 0 - 30 m)
  • pahorkatina = hill country (height difference cca. 30 - 100/150 m)
  • vrchovina = mountainous country (difference in altitude cca. 100/150 - 300/310 m)
  • hornatina = mountainous country (difference in altitude cca. 300/310 - 600/640 m)
  • veľhornatina = high mountain region (height difference cca. over 600/640 m)
  • planina = roughly: plateau, plateau (a relatively higher "plošina", especially in a mountainous or mountainous country)
  • plošina = roughly: plateau (in the mountains), plate (in plains)
  • zníženina = depresia = sink, depression
  • panva = pelvis
  • kotlina = kettle, (in German often only :) basin
  • úval = valley basin
  • brána = gate
  • tabuľa = table (land)
  • podhorie = foothills of the mountains
  • brázda = furrow
  • vrchy = mountains
  • pohorie = mountains
  • kras = karst

See also

literature

  • E. Mazúr, M. Lukniš, B. Balatka, J. Loučková, J. Sládek: Geomorfologické členenie SSR a ČSSR. Mapa mierky 1: 500 000, Slovenská kartografia SUGK, Bratislava 1986.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geomorfologické členenie Slovenska , geology.sk, accessed on May 9, 2019