Slovak Ore Mountains [1] ( Slovak. Slovenské rudohorie ) is a mountain region in Spišská Slovakia , located east of Zvolen and west of Kosice . From the north it is bounded by the rivers Hron and Gornad . The length of the mountains is about 140 km, width - 40 km, area - 4000 km². The highest point is Mount Capital (1477 m).
| Slovak Ore Mountains | |
|---|---|
| Slovak Slovenské rudohorie | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 4000 km² |
| Length | 140 km |
| Width | 40 km |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | Capital |
| Highest point | 1477 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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The Slovak Ore Mountains consist of independent mountain ranges :
- Spissko-Gemersky Karst
- Muranska Planina
- Slovak Paradise
- Wolovske Vrhi
- Stolitske Vrhi (the highest part of the Ore Mountains , 1476 m)
- Veporske Vrhi
- Revucka Vrhovina
- Slovak Karst
- Cierna Gora
The mountains are mainly composed of granites and crystalline schists ; on the periphery there are karst limestones . The predominantly mid- mountainous relief with separate outcrop peaks . On the southern slopes, mostly oak and beech forests , on the northern - coniferous . There are deposits of iron and copper ores, antimony , gold , magnesite .
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: geographical names / Ed. A.F. Trёshnikova . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet encyclopedia , 1989. - p. 440. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
Sources
- Slovak Ore Mountains // Dictionary of modern place names / Rus. geogr. oh Mosk. Centre; Under total ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakov . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factory, 2006.
- Slovak Ore Mountains - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .