Great Fatra
| Great Fatra | ||
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| Highest peak | Ostredok ( 1592 m nm ) | |
| location | Slovakia | |
| part of | Western Carpathians | |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ' N , 19 ° 5' E | |
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The Great Fatra (Slovak Veľká Fatra ) is a forested mountain range in central Slovakia. It belongs to the Fatra-Tatra region, which in turn is part of the Inner Western Carpathians . The mountain range lies roughly between the towns of Ružomberok in the northeast, Martin in the northwest, Turčianske Teplice in the southwest and the municipality of Harmanec in the southeast.
Limitation
The Great Fatra is limited
- in the north of the Oravská vrchovina and the eastern part of the Little Fatra ,
- in the northeast of the Chočské vrchy mountains ,
- in the east from the Podtatranská kotlina basin and the Low Tatras ,
- in the southeast of the Starohorské vrchy ,
- in the southwest of the Kremnick Mountains and
- to the west of the Turčianska kotlina basin.
structure
The mountain range is further divided geomorphologically (from north to south) into:
- Šípska Fatra,
- Šiprúň,
- Lysec,
- Hôľna Fatra,
- Revúcke podolie,
- Zvolen (mountains),
- Bralná Fatra.
Mountain character
The mountain ridges run predominantly in a north-south direction and are largely unforested in the high areas. The highest mountain is the Ostredok with 1592 meters. Other peaks in the central massif are the mountains Rakytov (1567 meters) and Ploská (1532 meters).
The longest valley is the Ľubochnianka valley (Slovak Ľubochnianska dolina ) with 25 kilometers.
About 90 percent of the mountains are covered by forests. Except for an area on the Smrekovica ridge, the ridges in the northern part of the mountain range are forested. It is mainly beech and spruce stands . But there are also a large number of yew trees in this mountain range.
The valleys leading to the west show karst features (for example the Gaderská dolina ).
natural reserve
The Great Fatra has been one of the national parks in Slovakia since 2002 (see Great Fatra National Park ); Among other things, the bears still living here are protected .
tourism
A cable car south of Ružomberok provides access from the north to the winter sports area around the Malinné mountain . In the southern part you can reach the mountains via a chairlift from Turecká north of Banská Bystrica . Important mountains here are Smrekov (1441 meters), Krížna (1574 meters) and Kráľova studňa (1384 meters), the latter with a mountain hotel of the same name in the immediate vicinity.
Interesting folk architecture can be found in particular in the village of Vlkolínec (UNESCO World Heritage since 1993, part of Ružomberok ) and also in Liptovské Revúce .
Some health resorts such as Ľubochňa in the north in the Waag Valley and Turčianske Teplice in the southwest are also located in the Great Fatra area. Donovaly , one of the most important ski resorts in Slovakia, is located on the border with the Starohorské vrchy Mountains in the southeast .
See also: Fatra , Little Fatra