Sub-Tatra Trench (
Polish
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: Rów Podtatrzański;
Slovakian: Podtatranská brázda) (
514.14) - a
mesoregion located below the
Tatra Mountains, part of the
Orava-Podhale Depression. The trench divides the
Choč and
Tatra Mountains from the Spisko-Gubałowski Plateau.
The region is located between 700 and 1000
m.a.s.l.
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The com ...
, formed from
Eocene marlstone slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
s (Podhalański
Flysch). In
Poland, the area has a total length of 20
km and a total surface area of 130 km². The regional
valleyss incline in the north, covered with
alluvial fans, formed via upper course river flow. The
Zakopane Valley has three
gravel
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Gravel is classifi ...
top soil coverings from three separate
glacial periods. The western part and eastern borderlands of the Podtatrzański Trench are
forested. The main brooks that drain through the valley are the
Czarny Dunajec, as well as the
Zakopianka and
Poroniec Poroniec is a hostile and malicious demon from Slavic mythology. They were believed to come into existence from stillborn fetuses, but also from improperly buried remains of children who had died during infancy.
Folklore
A poroniec is somewhat si ...
(sourced from the
Biały Dunajec).
The region is characterised by the settlement areas of
Zakopane, as well as
Kościelisko
Kościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. (It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.) It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) ca ...
,
Małe Ciche
Małe Ciche , ( sk, Malé Tiché) is a village and a ski resort, in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Poronin, east of Zakopane, ...
and
Murzasichle
Murzasichle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Poronin, east of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kr ...
.
See also
*
Zakopane
*
Tatra Mountains
References
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