Krakow Gate (Lesser Poland)
The Krakauer Tor (Polish: Brama Krakowska ) in Poland is a long valley in west-east direction in Lesser Poland in the Northern Subcarpathian region . It is about 40 km long and up to 6 km wide and covers an area of 275 km². It forms the central part of the Upper Vistula Valley .
geography
The Kraków Gate is traversed by the Vistula in a west-east direction . It connects the Auschwitz Basin in the west and the Sandomir Basin in the east. To the north is the Kraków-Czestochowa Jura , specifically its southern foothills - Tenczyn Ridge , and to the south the Pogórze Wielickie .
The Kraków Gate is densely populated. The city center of Krakow is located on the eastern edge of the valley . The fertile region is otherwise characterized by agriculture.
It can be divided into three sub-regions:
To the east of the gate, already partly in the territory of the city of Kraków, there is the Bielany-Tyniec landscape protection park with several nature reserves.
The Vistula was expanded in the Kraków Gate to the Upper Vistula (Polish Droga Wodna Górnej Wisły ) waterway , which connects the Upper Silesian industrial area with Kraków. Since the Vistula meanders strongly in the Krakauer Tor, numerous canals and dams / hydroelectric power stations were built south of the main stream for shipping.
literature
Prof. Jerzy Kondracki. Geografia fizyczna Polski. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa. 1988. ISBN 83-01-02323-6
See also
- Geomorphological classification of Poland
- Krakow Gate - other meanings of the term