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Orava Magura
The Orava Magura ( sk, Oravská Magura, hu, Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia. The range is part of the Central Beskids, which are themselves part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Orava Magura is a sandstone massif, densely forested, with primarily spruce and beech, with cultivated birch and hazel. The highest peak of the range is ''Minčol'', 1394 meters, along with ''Paráč'' (1325 meters), ''Budín'' (1222 meters), and some others. The most important tourist resorts include Tvrdošín, Zázrivá, and Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín (; also known by other names) is a town in northern Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is the historical capital and the largest settlement of the Orava region. Names The name is derived from the archaic Slovak word meaning a "gl ... which are often visited during Slovakia's summer. The region is also home to the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area. {{Authority control Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oravská Magura (Slovakia)
The Orava Magura ( sk, Oravská Magura, hu, Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia. The range is part of the Central Beskids, which are themselves part of the Outer Western Carpathians. The Orava Magura is a sandstone massif, densely forested, with primarily spruce and beech, with cultivated birch and hazel. The highest peak of the range is ''Minčol'', 1394 meters, along with ''Paráč'' (1325 meters), ''Budín'' (1222 meters), and some others. The most important tourist resorts include Tvrdošín, Zázrivá, and Dolný Kubín which are often visited during Slovakia's summer. The region is also home to the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Horná Orava) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. It is situated in the Námestovo and Tvrdošín districts, within the Orava region. History The park w .... {{Authority control Mountain r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its present borders exists from 1996. It is a more industrial region with several large towns. Žilina is the region administrative center and there is a strong cultural environment in Martin. Geography It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km2 and a population of 688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians. Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky, the Lesser Fatra and the Greater Fatra in the west, Oravská Magura, Chočské vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east. Whole area belongs to the Váh river basin. Some of its left tributaries are Turiec and Rajčanka rivers and its right tributaries Belá, Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Beskids Of The Outer Western Carpathians
Central section of the Western Beskids ( cs, Střední část Západních Beskyd; pl, Środkowa część Beskidów Zachodnich) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute a section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. In geographic classification, the term ''Beskid Mountains'' has several definitions, related to distinctive historical and linguistic traditions. Depending on a particular classification, designation ''Central'' in relation to the Beskids is also used with different meanings. In Slovak terminology, the term ''Central Beskids'' ( sk, Stredné Beskydy) is used to designate this section of the Beskid Mountains within the Outer Western Carpathians. In Polish terminology, the same region is also classified as the central section of the Western Beskids, but not under the term ''Central Beskids'' ( pl, Beskidy Środkowe), since that term is used to designate Lower Beskids of the Outer Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outer Western Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya System that stretches from western Europe all the way to southern Asia, and are further divided into "provinces" and "subprovinces". The last level of the division, i.e. the actual mountain ranges and basins, is usually classified as "units". The main divisions are shown in the map on the right. To generalize, there are three major provinces (regions): Western Carpathians, Eastern Carpathians, and the Southern Carpathians. Naming conventions The division is largely (with many exceptions) undisputed at the lowest level (except for the Ukrainian part), but various divisions are given for the higher levels, especially for the penultimate level. A geomorphological division has been used as much as the data was available; other new physiogeog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tvrdošín
Tvrdošín (german: Turdoschin or ''Thurdossin''; hu, Turdossin; pl, Twardoszyn) is a town in central Slovakia. Geography The town is located at the confluence of the Orava and Oravica rivers, from the Polish borders and cca. from Dolný Kubín. It consists of the boroughs of Krásna Hôrka, Medvedzie, and Tvrdošín. History The town was mentioned in the Zobor documents in 1111 and in the document of Béla III of Hungary in 1183. It received royal free town privileges in 1369. Demographics According to the 2001 census, the town had 9,544 inhabitants. 99.03% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.53% Czechs and 0.19% Polish. The religious make-up was 92.10% Roman Catholics, 4.84% people with no religious affiliation and 1.18% Lutherans. Twin towns — Sister cities Tvrdošín is twinned with: * Kościelisko, Poland * Kobylnica, Poland * Durbuy, Belgium * Orimattila, Finland * Östhammar, Sweden * Uusikaupunki, Finland * Valga, Estonia * Valka, Latvia * Weißenburg in Baye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zázrivá
Zázrivá ( hu, Zázriva) is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located in the Orava (region), Orava region, around 35 km from Žilina and 20 km from Dolný Kubín. It was first mentioned in 1556. Etymology The name means 'envied' (i.e., a village envied by others). References External links Zázrivá village website (in Slovak and English) Villages and municipalities in Dolný Kubín District {{Žilina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolný Kubín
Dolný Kubín (; also known by other names) is a town in northern Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is the historical capital and the largest settlement of the Orava region. Names The name is derived from the archaic Slovak word meaning a "glade covered by smoke after burnt roots".. ''Dolný Kubín'' means "Lower Kubín", in contrast with to Vyšný ("Upper") Kubín. The location and the settlement was known also as ''Kublen'' (1314), ''Clbin'' (1393), ''Culbyn'' (1408), ''Kubyn Nysny'' (1547), ''Dolny Kubin'' (1773). Other names in the past include german: Unterkubin, hu, Alsókubin. Geography Dolný Kubín lies at an altitude of above sea level and covers an area of . It is located in northern Slovakia on the Orava River, between the Lesser Fatra, Oravská Magura and Chočské vrchy mountains. It is located around from Ružomberok, from the Polish border and from Bratislava. The town is composed of the following boroughs: ''Banisko'', ''Beňova Lehota'', ''Brezovec'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area
Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area ( sk, Chránená krajinná oblasť Horná Orava) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. It is situated in the Námestovo and Tvrdošín districts, within the Orava region. History The park was created on 24 September 1979 and the law creating it was amended on 29 September 2003. Geography, geology and biology It is made of Oravská Magura, Podbeskydská vrchovina and Oravské Beskydy mountains, and the Orava Basin, as well as the Orava Dam, in the northernmost Slovakia. Much of the PLA's territory is made from sandstone mountain ranges. More than half of the area is covered by forests. Beech and fir trees grow in the area, along with strong presence of the spruce monoculture. Exceptions are the areas under Babia hora, Paráč and Pilsko mountains, with old growth spruce with rowan trees being represented. A specific phenomenon of the park are the peat bogs, represented by the pine woods, providing shelter for many thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Ranges Of Slovakia
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (1,000 feet) above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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