Javořice () is a mountain in the
Javořice Highlands mountain range within the
Bohemian-Moravian Highlands in the
Czech Republic
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. With an elevation of , it is the highest mountain of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and of the
Vysočina Region.
It is located near the border between the historical lands of
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
and
Moravia
Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The medieval and early ...
, right on trace where runs line of main European
drainage divide (which runs on southern slope).
History
The first construction on the mountain was a simple cabin in 1925 as refuge for mountain hikers.
Geology
The entire massif consists mainly by
moldanubic, i.e. series of rocks generated during sedimentation in
precambric sea and wrinkled later into
mountain chains and composed of crystalline
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 ro ...
s and
gneiss (a metamorphic rock with foliations),
mica
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schicht and
quartzite.
The summit is a round and smooth.
Flora
The summit is forested by mixed mainly spruce forest, with some
pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
s,
birches and
maple
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s. Plants:
False lily,
fern bracken,
western oakfern, and lot of
bilberry
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The species most often referre ...
es.
Use
A TV and radio transmitter is situated on the top. It was built in 1989.
The upper platform is used as a facility building by broadcaster. The mountain is also a popular area for
cross-country skiing
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.
References
External links
Small-scale hiker mapArticle about proposed watchtower and far outlooks (Czech)
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Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic