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    Landforms (Relief) in Slovakia

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    The relief of Slovakia is the result of both internal geological processes like folding, faulting, and volcanic activity, as well as external factors such as water, wind, and glacial activity. There are four main types of landforms in Slovakia: 1) Fluvial landforms created by rivers, which are most widespread and include river valleys, terraces, and gorges cut through resistant rock. 2) Karst landforms in limestone areas including sinkholes, caves, and underground features. 3) Glacial landforms in mountainous areas like corries, U-shaped valleys, and glacial lakes from past alpine glaciation. 4) Eolian landforms like loess and

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    The relief of Slovakia is the result of both internal geological processes like folding, faulting, and volcanic activity, as well as external factors such as water, wind, and glacial activity. There are four main types of landforms in Slovakia: 1) Fluvial landforms created by rivers, which are most widespread and include river valleys, terraces, and gorges cut through resistant rock. 2) Karst landforms in limestone areas including sinkholes, caves, and underground features. 3) Glacial landforms in mountainous areas like corries, U-shaped valleys, and glacial lakes from past alpine glaciation. 4) Eolian landforms like loess and

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    The relief of Slovakia is the result of both internal geological processes like folding, faulting, and volcanic activity, as well as external factors such as water, wind, and glacial activity. There are four main types of landforms in Slovakia: 1) Fluvial landforms created by rivers, which are most widespread and include river valleys, terraces, and gorges cut through resistant rock. 2) Karst landforms in limestone areas including sinkholes, caves, and underground features. 3) Glacial landforms in mountainous areas like corries, U-shaped valleys, and glacial lakes from past alpine glaciation. 4) Eolian landforms like loess and

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    Landforms (relief) in Slovakia (5)

    The relief of SR is the result of: 1. internal (orogenetic) processes - folding, elevations and faults,
    volcanic activity (see geological development)

    2. external factors - water, wind, glacier, man

    I. Types of relief according to height differences (5x): roviny - ? cover 11%, pahorkatiny-
    39%, vrchoviny- 26%, hornatiny - 22%, veľhornatiny - 2% of the area.

    II. 4 main types of landforms/relief in SK according to the predominant geomorphological factor:

    1. Fluvial landforms/relief (created by rivers ) - is the most widespread relief in Slovakia,

    - in the river valleys , river terraces, floodplains & meanders(180°obluky)were created, (the Danube
    at BA (Devínska brána) created 4 terraces and floodplains. When rivers cut through mountains they
    created alluvial cone (deposits of gravels, sands) - the largest is Žitný ostrov+ it is the largest river
    island in Europe/ also inland delta....?
    -- -in resistant rocks (granite, limestone, quartz, ...) the rivers cut through creating gorges and
    canyons (Zádielsky canyon, Manínska gorge/tiesňava/Súľovské vrchy). The rivers model the V-shaped
    valley.
    -in less resistant rocks (slates, clays, ...) the river forms erosive basins - Súčanská basin in the White
    Carpathians.

    - Karst(krasový) landforms/relief - the water in the limestone forms 1.the surface forms of the karst-
    karst pits/sinkholes (jamy/závrty), grikes (škrapy) and 2. underground form - abysses (Devil's hole,
    186 m, Brázda, 181 m) and caves - Domica, Demänovská jaskyňa, Dobšinská ľadová j. , Ochtinská
    aragonitová j., Driny, ... The most beautiful karst relief is (from the Mesozoic) in the Slov. kras, Slov.
    raj and the Muránska planina.

    2.Glacial relief (created by glacier)

    In the Quarternary the continental glacier in Northern Europe almost extended to the Carpathians,
    but in the Carpathians-theTatras, N. Tatry, Mala Fatra (over 1700m) there were alpine glaciers. They
    created glacial holes/corries (kary), pyramydal peaks, e.g.Gerlach. štít, large glacial U-shaped valleys
    (trógy) - Veľká a Malá studená Valleys, glacial lakes (tarns) - Popradské, Zelené, Veľké Hincovo
    pleso, ...moraines.

    3.Eolian relief (created by wind)

    In the Quarternary the vegetation was sparse, so rock decay got faster turning rocks to sand and
    dust, which were deposited in the lowlands. Sand dunes are located in the Záhorská lowland, partly
    in the Podunajská and Východoslovenská lowlands. From the dust, loess (nespevnená sediment.
    hornina) was created in the Podunajská and Východoslovenská lowlands, partly in the Košice and
    Juhoslovenská hollow basins.

    4. Anthropogenic relief (man-made)

    -quarries (when extracting, e.g. limestone or sandstone), agricultural terraces, roads and motorways,
    dams and reservoirs, levees (regulated river banks, hrádze).

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