Western Carpathians, the Glossary

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1. 53 relations: Accretionary wedge, Adriatic Plate, Alpide belt, Alpine orogeny, Alps, Andesite, Austria, Bohemian Massif, Carpathian Flysch Belt, Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Danube, Devín Gate, Dinaric Alps, Divisions of the Carpathians, East European Craton, Eastern Alps, Eurasian Plate, Geomorphology, Gerlachovský štít, Granite, Hornád, Hungary, Jurassic, Kościelec (High Tatras), Lesser Poland, Limestone, Little Carpathians, Low Beskids, Małopolska Upland, Moravia, Moravian Gate, Mountain range, Nappe, Neogene, North Hungarian Mountains, Paleozoic, Pannonian Basin, Poland, Rock (geology), Sandomierz Basin, Sandstone, Sedimentary basin, Slovakia, Sudetes, Suture (geology), Tethys Ocean, Uzh, Valais Ocean, Variscan orogeny, ... Expand index (3 more) »

2. Mountain ranges of Austria
3. Mountain ranges of Hungary
4. Mountain ranges of the Carpathians

Accretionary wedge

An accretionary wedge or accretionary prism forms from sediments accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.

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Adriatic Plate

The Adriatic or Apulian Plate is a small tectonic plate carrying primarily continental crust that broke away from the African Plate along a large transform fault in the Cretaceous period.

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Alpide belt

The Alpide belt or Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt,K.M. Storetvedt, K. M., The Tethys Sea and the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt; mega-elements in a new global tectonic system, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 62, Issues 1–2, 1990, Pages 141–184 or more recently and rarely the Tethyan orogenic belt, is a seismic and orogenic belt that includes an array of mountain ranges extending for more than along the southern margin of Eurasia, stretching from Java and Sumatra, through the Indochinese Peninsula, the Himalayas and Transhimalayas, the mountains of Iran, Caucasus, Anatolia, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic.

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Alpine orogeny

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. Western Carpathians and Alps are mountain ranges of Austria and mountain ranges of Hungary.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bohemian Massif

The Bohemian Massif (Česká vysočina or Český masiv, Böhmische Masse or Böhmisches Massiv) is a geomorphological province in Central Europe.

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Carpathian Flysch Belt

The Carpathian Flysch Belt is an arcuate tectonic zone included in the megastructural elevation of the Carpathians on the external periphery of the mountain chain.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Western Carpathians and Carpathian Mountains are mountain ranges of Hungary, mountain ranges of Poland, mountain ranges of Slovakia and mountain ranges of the Czech Republic.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Devín Gate

Devín Gate, Hainburger Gate or Hungarian Gates (Devínska brána,; Hainburger Pforte) is a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria.

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Dinaric Alps

The Dinaric Alps, also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea.

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Divisions of the Carpathians

Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Western Carpathians and Divisions of the Carpathians are mountain ranges of Poland, mountain ranges of Slovakia, mountain ranges of the Carpathians and mountain ranges of the Czech Republic.

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East European Craton

The East European Craton (EEC) is the core of the Baltica proto-plate and consists of three crustal regions/segments: Fennoscandia to the northwest, Volgo-Uralia to the east, and Sarmatia to the south.

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Eastern Alps

The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide, and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south. Western Carpathians and Eastern Alps are mountain ranges of Austria.

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Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.

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Geomorphology

Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek:,, 'earth';,, 'form'; and,, 'study') is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface.

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Gerlachovský štít

Gerlachovský štít (translated into English as Gerlachov Peak, German: Gerlsdorfer Spitze, Hungarian: Gerlachfalvi-csúcs), informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpathian Mountains.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Hornád

The Hornád (Slovak) or Hernád (Hungarian) is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Kościelec (High Tatras)

Kościelec (2,155 m above sea level) is a mountain in the High Tatras in the Gąsienicowa Valley of Poland.

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Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska (Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Little Carpathians

The Little Carpathians (also: Lesser Carpathians, Malé Karpaty; Kleine Karpaten; Kis-Kárpátok) are a low mountain range, about 100 km long, and part of the Carpathian Mountains. Western Carpathians and Little Carpathians are mountain ranges of Austria and mountain ranges of Slovakia.

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Low Beskids

The Low Beskids (Nízke Beskydy) or Central Beskids (Beskidy Środkowe; Centrální Beskydy; Центральні Бескиди) are a mountain range in southeastern Poland and northeastern Slovakia. Western Carpathians and Low Beskids are mountain ranges of Poland and mountain ranges of Slovakia.

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Małopolska Upland

Małopolska Upland (Wyżyna Małopolska, also known as Lesser Poland Upland or Lesser Polish Upland) is an upland located in southern part of Poland, in the historic region of Lesser Poland.

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Moravia

Moravia (Morava; Mähren) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.

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Moravian Gate

The Moravian Gate (Moravská brána, Brama Morawska, Mährische Pforte, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Nappe

In geology, a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than or above a thrust fault from its original position.

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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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North Hungarian Mountains

The North Hungarian Mountains (Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the northern, mountainous part of Hungary. Western Carpathians and north Hungarian Mountains are mountain ranges of Hungary.

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Paleozoic

The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Pannonian Basin

The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large sedimentary basin situated in southeast Central Europe.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Sandomierz Basin

Sandomierz Basin (Kotlina Sandomierska) is a lowland, located in southeastern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Upland, Lublin Upland and the Western Carpathians.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sedimentary basin

Sedimentary basins are region-scale depressions of the Earth's crust where subsidence has occurred and a thick sequence of sediments have accumulated to form a large three-dimensional body of sedimentary rock.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Sudetes

The Sudetes, also known as the Sudeten Mountains or Sudetic Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince of the Bohemian Massif province in Central Europe, shared by the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Western Carpathians and Sudetes are mountain ranges of Poland and mountain ranges of the Czech Republic.

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Suture (geology)

In structural geology, a suture is a joining along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic and paleogeographic histories.

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Tethys Ocean

The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.

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Uzh

The Uzh (Уж; translit. Uzh; Uh; Ung, Uż) is a river in Ukraine and Slovakia.

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Valais Ocean

The Valais Ocean is a subducted oceanic basin which was situated between the continent Europe and the microcontinent Iberia or so called Briançonnais microcontinent.

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Variscan orogeny

The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.

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Vienna Basin

The Vienna Basin (Wiener Becken, Vídeňská pánev, Viedenská kotlina, Hungarian: Bécsi-medence) is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain.

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Water gap

A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today.

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Weinviertel

The Weinviertel (meaning "wine quarter"; Vinná čtvrť; Vínna štvrť) or Viertel unter dem Manhartsberg ("area below the italic": oblast pod Manhartsbergem; oblasť pod Manhartsbergem) is located in the northeast of Lower Austria.

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See also

Mountain ranges of Austria

• Alps
• Bohemian Forest
• Carinthian–Slovenian Alps
• Central Alps
• Central Eastern Alps
• Central European Highlands
• Eastern Alps
• Lienz Dolomites
• Little Carpathians
• Northern Limestone Alps
• Slovene Prealps
• Southern Limestone Alps
• Western Carpathians

Mountain ranges of Hungary

• Alpokalja
• Alps
• Börzsöny
• Bükk
• Carpathian Mountains
• Carpathians
• Central European Highlands
• Cserhát
• Karancs Hills
• Kőszeg Mountains
• List of mountains in Hungary
• Mátra
• Mecsek
• North Hungarian Mountains
• Sopron Mountains
• Styrian Prealps
• Transdanubian Mountains
• Villány Mountains
• Western Carpathians
• Zemplén Mountains

Mountain ranges of the Carpathians

• Beskids
• Divisions of the Carpathians
• Eastern Tatras
• Serbian Carpathians
• Southern Carpathians
• Western Carpathians
• Western Romanian Carpathians

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Carpathians

Also known as Slovakian Carpathians, West Carpathian Mountains, West Carpathians, Western Carpathian Mountains.

, Vienna Basin, Water gap, Weinviertel.