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The Buda Hills ( Hungarian: ''Budai-hegység'') are a low mountain range of numerous hills which dot the
The most important hills of the region are:
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* Ferenc Hill
* János Hill
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View of Buda Hills.jpg, A view of the hills
View of Buda.jpg, Another view
Hunyad-orom, Budapest.jpg, Hunyad-orom
Buda_Hills_03.jpg, A slope from the hills
Kiltás a Gellért-hegyről.jpg, A view from Gellért Hill
The Buda Hills ( Hungarian: ''Budai-hegység'') are a low mountain range of numerous hills which dot the Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
side of Budapest, capital of Hungary. The most famous ones located within city limits are Gellért Hill, Castle Hill, Rózsadomb
The area known as Rózsadomb (, tr, Gültepe, lit.:"Rose Hill") is a wealthy area in the 2nd district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It is a member of the Buda Hills. Background
Rózsadomb is part of the 2nd district of Budapest, in the ...
, , János Hill, and Eagle Hill. These hills consist of both nature and residential areas.
Geology
The Budaörs dolomite of Anisian-Carnian age ( Triassic period) is the oldest formation which crops out in the Buda Hills. Younger Triassic succession is composed of cherty dolomite and limestone (basinfacies
In geology, a facies ( , ; same pronunciation and spelling in the plural) is a body of rock with specified characteristics, which can be any observable attribute of rocks (such as their overall appearance, composition, or condition of formatio ...
), and dolomite combined with limestone (platform facies). The Trassic surface is composed of karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...
ified carbonates, which are overlain by an Upper Eocene succession made of conglomerate
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beds.
During the period from the terminal Cretaceous to Priabonian
The Priabonian is, in the ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age or the upper stage of the Eocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Priabonian is preceded by the Bartonian and is followed by the Rupelian, the lowest stage of t ...
, the area was a karstic terrestrial environment displaying distinct relief differences. It was also the time when Triassic formations were eroded. The continental period (ended by the transgression
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in Late Eocene) was characterized by the formation of small fans at the slope foot. The fans contained substantial quantities of andesite clasts thanks to the fans' close location to the andesite source rocks. The clasts could have been then transported by periodic streams along the valleys. The Late Eocene transgression reworked accumulated terrestrial sediments.
Important hills
The most important hills of the region are:
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* Ferenc Hill
* János Hill
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Gallery
Further reading
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