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Východoslovenská Rovina
The East(ern) Slovak Flat (Slovak: ''Východoslovenská rovina''), also translated as Eastern Slovak Plain, is the lower, flat part of the Eastern Slovak Lowland. Important towns: Trebišov, Michalovce, Veľké Kapušany, Kráľovský Chlmec, Sobrance Division *Trebišovská tabuľa (Trebišov Table) *Ondavská rovina (Ondava Flat) *Malčická tabuľa (Malčice Table) *Laborecká rovina (Laborec Flat) *Iňačovská tabuľa (Iňačovce Table) *Závadská tabuľa (Závadka Table) *Sobranecká rovina (Sobrance Flat) *Senianska mokraď (Senné Wet Ground) *Kapušianske pláňavy (Kapušany Flatlands) *Latorická rovina (Latorica Flat) *Medzibodrocké pláňavy ("Inter-Bodrog" Flatlands) *Bodrocká rovina (Bodrog Flat) Geography The plain is mostly covered by loess, river sediment, loess clays and sands. The plain is punctuated with volcanic formations, such as Chlmecké kopce or Tarbucka. Important rivers are Bodrog and its tributaries Ondava, Laborec, Latorica, Uzh River, Uh, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Slovak Lowland
The East(ern) Slovak Lowland ( Slovak: ''Východoslovenská nížina'') is the name of a part of the Great Hungarian Plain (Slovak: ''Veľká dunajská kotlina'') situated in Slovakia. In terms of geomorphology, it forms one unit together with the Tisza Lowland (''Tiszamenti síkság'') in Hungary, the Transcarpathian Lowland (''Zakarpats'ka nyzovyna'') in Ukraine, and the plain ''Câmpia Someşului'' in Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to .... It consists of the following two parts: * Eastern Slovak Hills (also translated as Eastern Slovak Upland) in the west and the north; and * Eastern Slovak Flat (also translated as Eastern Slovak Plain) in the middle, east and south. References {{Authority control Plains of Slovakia Pannonian Plain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trebišov
Trebišov (; ; ) is a small industrial town in the easternmost part of Slovakia, with a population of around 25,000. The town is an administrative, economic and cultural center with machine (Vagónka) and building materials industries. History The first archaeological findings are from the Neolithic. Tombs were found from the Otomani Culture of the early Bronze Age and the building structures from Hallstatt Culture from late Bronze Age. The name of Trebišov is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Terebus'', later in 1254 as ''Terebes'', and in 1341 as ''Therebes'', in 1441 the sources depict as ''Felse Terebes'', ''Also Terebes'' (Upper and Lower Trebišov). The village is also mentioned in 1330, when it received town status for the first time. The castle and the village became one settlement in the 14th century. The first written reference to the castle stems from 1254, during the reign of Béla IV of Hungary. This castle of Parič (Párics) stood at the border of the village. The vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michalovce
Michalovce (; , , Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: מיכאלאָווצע ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; ) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Michael, it is the second-largest city in the Košice Region and the seat of the Michalovce District. The city is located on the shore of Zemplínska šírava, Lake Sirava, approximately east of the capital Bratislava and immediately adjacent to the border with Ukraine. Michalovce is mostly recognized for its adjacent lakes and volcanic mountains, which generates tourism, and for agriculture as well as the passing Druzhba pipeline. According to the latest census, the population of the town stood at 40,255, with a metropolitan population of 109,121, which ranks it among the largest population centers in eastern Slovakia. History Early history The city of present-day Michalovce along with the adjacent lowlands was settled in from the Palaeoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veľké Kapušany
Veľké Kapušany (; ) is a small town on the eastern plains of Slovakia, not far from the Ukrainian border. Name The name "Kapušany" is probably derived from the Hungarian word ''kapu'', meaning "gate". History The territory of the town has been settled since time immemorial (findings from the Neolithic period). From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first written references to the settlement stems from 1211 ("Kapos") and 1214 ("Copus"). The settlement was awarded town status in 1430. The town was the second largest settlement (after Uzhhorod) of the Ung County and frequently served as a temporary or permanent station for migrants (Germans, Rusyns, Poles, Hungarians etc.) from the east to the west. In the town square there is a garden with a plaque commemorating the day the Germans marched into Veľké Kapušany in 1944. This is significant as both Jews and Romas were persecuted and murdered by the Nazis during World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kráľovský Chlmec
Kráľovský Chlmec (; until 1948 ''Kráľovský Chlumec'', ) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 7,462. Etymology The name means "Royal Hill". Slovak ''chlm'', Czech ''chlum'', Polish ''chełm'' are derived from a Proto-Slavic ''chъlmъ'' - a hill, ''chlmec'' - a smaller hill, an elevated location. History The town was first mentioned in 1214 as ''Helmech''. In 1848-1849, residents of Kráľovský Chlmec took part in the Civic Revolution and War of Independence. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, the town became part of Czechoslovakia. It was annexed again by Hungary in 1938 as a result of the First Vienna Award. After the Second world war it became part of Czechoslovakia again in 1945, officially in 1947, according to the Paris Peace Treaties. Geography Kráľovský Chlmec lies at an altitude of above sea level and covers an area of . It is located in the southern part of the Eastern Slovak Lowland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobrance
Sobrance (, , ) is a town in Košice Region, Slovakia, around from Uzhhorod, Ukraine, and east of Michalovce. Located in the Eastern Slovak Lowland not far from the Vihorlat Mountains, it is the easternmost town in Slovakia. Etymology The name comes from a Slavic personal name + patronimic suffix ''-ce'', compare with similar Czech name ''Sebran'' ("picked up child") and Sebranice. The first written record comes from 1409 (''Zobranch''). Older literature can mention also incorrect date 1344. History In 1910, the town had 1216 inhabitants, 538 Hungarians and 577 Slovaks. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Sobrance was part of Ung County within the Kingdom of Hungary. It became the capital city of its own district. In 1939, Sobrance was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary from 1939 to 1944. During the Second World War the town was heavily damaged. On 23 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodrog
The Bodrog is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary of the river Tisza. The Bodrog is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica near Zemplín in eastern Slovakia. It crosses the Slovak–Hungarian border at the village of Felsőberecki (near Sátoraljaújhely) in Hungary, and Streda nad Bodrogom in Slovakia, where it is also the lowest point in Slovakia (94.3 m AMSL), and continues its flow through the Hungarian county Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, until it meets the river Tisza, in Tokaj. A town along its course is Sárospatak, in Hungary. Its length is 67 km (15 in Slovakia, 52 in Hungary). Its watershed area is 13,579 km2 of which 972 km2 is in Hungary. The river is rich in fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondava
The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south through the towns of Svidník, Stropkov and Trhovište, and through the Ondavská Highlands. It is long and its basin size is . Near the village Cejkov, the Ondava joins the Latorica and forms the Bodrog river, itself a tributary of the Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo .... The Ondava river is 44% regulated.Danube Facts and Figures – The Slovak Republic (March 2007)(.pdf) Retrieved October 30, 2007. Tributaries *Major left tributaries – Mirošovec, Ladomírka, Chotčianka, Brusnička, Oľka and Ondavka. *Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laborec
The Laborec (; ) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. It is long and its basin size is . p. 51 Tributaries Tributaries of the Laborec river include the Uzh which joins the Laborec near the city of Drahňov in Michalovce District, and the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
