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Orava-Nowy Targ Basin, the Glossary

The Orava-Nowy Targ Basin (Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska) is the northern, lowest part of the Podhale-Magura Area, between the Western Beskids in the north and the Spisko-Gubałowski Highlands in the south.^[1]

40 relations: Alluvial fan, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Chyżne, Czarny Dunajec, Czarny Dunajec (river), Drosera, Dunajec, European watershed, Fold (geology), Frydman, Glacial period, Glacial relict, Gorce Mountains, Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Koniówka, Lake Czorsztyn, Námestovo, Neogene, Nowa Biała, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ, Orava (region), Orava (reservoir), Orava (river), Oravské Beskydy, Piekielnik, Pieniny, Pinguicula vulgaris, Pinus × rhaetica, Pinus mugo, Pinus sylvestris, Podczerwone, Podhale, Podhale-Magura Area, Quaternary, Raised bog, Rubus chamaemorus, Spiš, Spiš–Gubałówka Highlands, Western Beskids.
Geography of Poland
Geography of Slovakia

Alluvial fan

An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Black Sea

The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.

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Chyżne

Chyżne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Czarny Dunajec

Czarny Dunajec is a town located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovak border in a valley alongside a river of the same name.

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Czarny Dunajec (river)

The Czarny Dunajec is a river in southern Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship), in the Vistula basin.

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Drosera

Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species.

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Dunajec

The Dunajec (Goral dialects: Dónajec) is a river running through northeastern Slovakia and southern Poland.

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European watershed

The main European watershed is the drainage divide ("watershed") which separates the basins of the rivers that empty into the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea from those that feed the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea.

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Fold (geology)

In structural geology, a fold is a stack of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, that are bent or curved ("folded") during permanent deformation.

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Frydman

Frydman (Fridman) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łapsze Niżne, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Glacial relict

A glacial relict is a population of a species previously common during a glacial period that retreated into refugia during interglacial periods.

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Gorce Mountains

The Gorce Mountains (Gorce) are part of the Western Beskids mountain range spreading across southernmost Poland.

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Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jabłonka is a village in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Koniówka

Koniówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Lake Czorsztyn

Lake Czorsztyn (Jezioro Czorsztyńskie) is a man-made reservoir on the Dunajec river, southern Poland, between the Pieniny and the Gorce Mountains.

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Námestovo

Námestovo (Námesztó; Namiestów) is a town in northern Slovakia.

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Neogene

The Neogene is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago.

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Nowa Biała, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Nowa Biała (Nová Belá) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Targ, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

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Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ (Officially: Royal Free city of Nowy Targ, Yiddish: Naymark, Goral dialect: Miasto) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

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Orava (region)

Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia (as Orava) and partially also in southern Poland (as Orawa).

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Orava (reservoir)

Orava (Oravská priehrada) is a reservoir in northernmost Slovakia, forming the largest lake in Slovakia (35.2 km2).

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Orava (river)

The Orava (Árva) is a river in north-western Slovakia passing through a picturesque country, in the Orava county.

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Oravské Beskydy

Oravské Beskydy (Árvai-Beszkidek) is a range of mountains straddling the northern-Slovakia-southern-Poland border, considered part of the Central Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians.

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Piekielnik

Piekielnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Pieniny

The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains, Pieninek) is a mountain range in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia.

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Pinguicula vulgaris

Pinguicula vulgaris, the common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the butterwort genus of the family Lentibulariaceae.

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Pinus × rhaetica

Pinus × rhaetica, commonly known as Rhætic pine, is a natural hybrid of mountain pine (Pinus mugo) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

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Pinus mugo

Pinus mugo, known as dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, bog pine, creeping pine, or mugo pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Pinus sylvestris

Pinus sylvestris, the Scots pine (UK), Scotch pine (US), Baltic pine, or European red pine is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia.

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Podczerwone

Podczerwone is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

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Podhale

Podhale, sometimes referred to as the Polish Highlands, is Poland's southernmost region.

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Podhale-Magura Area

The Podhale-Magura Area (Podhôľno-magurská oblasť; known in Polish as the Orava-Podhale Depression, Obniżenie Orawsko-Podhalańskie) — is a geomorfologic region of mountain ranges in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians within the Carpathian Mountains system.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orava-Nowy_Targ_Basin

Orava-Nowy Targ Basin, the Glossary

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Geography of Poland

Geography of Slovakia

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