Tribeč () is a crystalline

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in western

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, in the

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located in the

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. It is surrounded by the

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, Pohronský Inovec,

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and the Upper Nitra Basin. Beech trees are predominate in the area. The highest mountain is Veľký Tribeč at . The area belongs to the Ponitrie Protected Landscape Area.

Landscape

The Tribeč mountain range is in length and about in width, which places it as the 50th largest series of mountains in Slovakia. It is surrounded by Zlaté Moravce,

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and

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, giving it a rectangular shape. Tribeč is also part of a larger belt of core mountains; The Fatra-Tatra Area. In the east, it connects to Pohronský Inovec and Vtáčnik, and descends into the Hornonitrian basin.

Disappearances

Since the popular Slovak bestseller book Trhlina and its follow-up film adaptation with the same name (The Rift), Tribeč became associated with conspiracies. Some are calling it the

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of Slovakia. The history of these strange disappearances dates back to the 18th and 19th century, when the first known legend was written.

References

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