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Lusatian Mountains
The Lusatian Mountains ( cs, Lužické hory; german: Lausitzer Gebirge; pl, Góry Łużyckie) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley. The mountains of the northern, German, part are called the Zittau Mountains. Geography The range is among the westernmost extensions of the Sudetes, which stretch along the border between the historic region of Silesia in the north, and Bohemia and Moravia in the south up to the Moravian Gate in the east, where they join the Carpathian Mountains. The northwestern foothills of the Lusatian Mountains are called the Lusatian Highlands; in the southwest the range borders on the České Středohoří mountains. The range is largely made up of sandstone sedimentary rocks leaning on a Precambrian crystalline Basement (geology), basement. The northern ridge is marked by the Lusatian Fault, a geological disturban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausche
Lausche ( cs, Luž) is the highest peak of the Lusatian Mountains and the highest mountain in the German part of the Upper Lusatia region at . The conical mountain is part of the Zittau Mountains range, situated on the border of the German state of Saxony with the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The .... Mountains of Saxony Mountain peaks of the Sudetes {{Saxony-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are crystalline rocks lying above the mantle and beneath all other rocks and sediments. They are sometimes exposed at the surface, but often they are buried under miles of rock and sediment. The basement rocks lie below a sedimentation, sedimentary platform (geology), platform or cover, or more generally any rock below sedimentary rocks or sedimentary basins that are metamorphic rock, metamorphic or Igneous rock, igneous in origin. In the same way, the sediments or sedimentary rocks on top of the basement can be called a "cover" or "sedimentary cover". Crustal rocks are modified several times before they become basement, and these transitions alter their composition. Continental crust Basement rock is the thick foundation of ancient, and oldest, metamorphic and igneous rock that forms the Crust (geology), crust of continents, often in the form of granite. Basement rock is contrasted to overlying sedimentary rocks which are laid down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studenec (mountain)
Studenec may refer to: Czech Republic * Studenec (Semily District), a municipality and village in the Liberec Region * Studenec (Třebíč District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region Slovakia * Studenec (Levoča District) Studenec ( hu, Hidegpatak) is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1264. Geography The municipality lies at an alti ..., a municipality and village in the Prešov Region Slovenia * Studenec, Postojna, a village in the Inner Carniola region * Studenec na Blokah, a village in the Inner Carniola region * Studenec pri Krtini, a settlement in the Upper Carniola region * Studenec (Ljubljana), a formerly independent settlement in the City Municipality of Ljubljana * Studenec, Sevnica, a settlement in the municipality of Sevnica {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochwald (Zittau Mountains)
Hochwald (Czech ''Hvozd'') is a mountain on the border of Saxony in southeastern Germany and Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is at above sea level, one of the highest in the Lusatian/Zittau ranges, directly on the Czech/German border. It has two peaks, the southern main summit (through which the state border extends), which lies above sea level, and the north summit, which is away. Due to the visually appealing views from the mountain, it has earned the nickname ''Aussichtsturm des Zittauer Gebirges'' (lit. Lookout Tower of the Zittau Mountains). Summits Southern In 1853, on the Czech side of the mountain, a cottage was built; it burned completely down in 1877. The next year, another was erected in the half-timber style, and a year after that, the wooden lookout tower, ''Carola'', which would be destroyed in 1891. Because of the numerous visitors, the German side of the mountain saw a restaurant created that still stands today, while the second cottage on the Czech side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klíč (mountain)
KLIC may refer to: * KLIC (AM), a defunct radio station (1230 AM) licensed to serve List of radio stations in Louisiana, Richwood, Louisiana, United States * Klíč (mountain), a peak of the Lusatian Mountains * The Key (1971 film), ''The Key'' (1971 film) (Czech: ), a 1971 Czech film * Kulicke & Soffa Industries * Kullback–Leibler divergence * ''Klic'', former stage name of the British House music artist Medlar People * Karel Klíč (1841–1926), Czech painter, photographer and illustrator * Sandro Klić (born 1981), Croatian footballer {{Disambiguation, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jedlová (mountain)
Jedlová (german: Schönbrunn) is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Jedlová lies approximately south-west of Svitavy, south-east of Pardubice, and east of Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate .... References Villages in Svitavy District {{Pardubice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleis
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Kleis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1956), Danish politician *Dave Kleis (born 1964), American politician * Martin Kleis (1850–1908), Danish trader on Nui *, winner of the 2010 Copenhagen Marathon See also * Kleis Site *Klaus Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonolite
Phonolite is an uncommon extrusive rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grained) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grained). Phonolite is a variation of the igneous rock trachyte that contains nepheline or leucite rather than quartz. Its intrusive equivalent is nepheline syenite. Phonolite is typically fine grained and compact. The name ''phonolite'' comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "sounding stone" due to the metallic sound it produces if an unfractured plate is hit; hence, the English name ''clinkstone'' is given as a synonym. Formation Unusually, phonolite forms from magma with a relatively low silica content, generated by low degrees of partial melting (less than 10%) of highly aluminous rocks of the lower crust such as tonalite, monzonite and metamorphic rocks. Melting of such rocks to a very low degree promotes the liberation of aluminium, potassium, sodium and calcium by melting of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basalt
Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial planet, rocky planet or natural satellite, moon. More than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt. Rapid-cooling, fine-grained basalt is chemically equivalent to slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro. The eruption of basalt lava is observed by geologists at about 20 volcanoes per year. Basalt is also an important rock type on other planetary bodies in the Solar System. For example, the bulk of the plains of volcanism on Venus, Venus, which cover ~80% of the surface, are basaltic; the lunar mare, lunar maria are plains of flood-basaltic lava flows; and basalt is a common rock on the surface of Mars. Molten basalt lava has a low viscosity due to its relatively low silica content (between 45% and 52%), resulting in rapidly moving lava flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magma
Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also been discovered on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites. Besides molten rock, magma may also contain suspended crystals and gas bubbles. Magma is produced by melting of the mantle or the crust in various tectonic settings, which on Earth include subduction zones, continental rift zones, mid-ocean ridges and hotspots. Mantle and crustal melts migrate upwards through the crust where they are thought to be stored in magma chambers or trans-crustal crystal-rich mush zones. During magma's storage in the crust, its composition may be modified by fractional crystallization, contamination with crustal melts, magma mixing, and degassing. Following its ascent through the crust, magma may feed a volcano and be extruded as lava, or it may solidify underground to form an intrusion, such as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
