Geomorphological division of Slovakia explained
This article gives an overview of the geomorphological division of Slovakia. It is ordered in a hierarchical form, belonging to the Alps-Himalaya System and to the sub-systems of the Carpathian Mountains and of the Pannonian Basin. These subsystems are subsequently divided into provinces, sub-provinces and areas.
Terminology (first Slovak, second English translation(s); see also: https://web.archive.org/web/20070702194814/http://www.fns.uniba.sk/~kfg/minar/03_morfogr_slovnik.html (Slovak)):
- oblasť = area
- systém, sústava = system
- (sub)provincia = (sub)province
- nížina = lowland (0 - 200/300 m ASL)
- vysočina = highland (above 200/300 m ASL)
- rovina = flat (altitude difference app. 0 – 30 m)
- pahorkatina = hills, downs (altitude difference app. 30 – 100/150 m)
- vrchovina = upland, highland (altitude difference app. 100/150 – 300/310 m)
- hornatina = highland(s) (altitude difference app. 300/310 – 600/640 m)
- veľhornatina = mountains (altitude difference app. above 600/640 m)
- planina = app: plain, plateau, tableland
| - plošina = app: plateau, tableland
- zníženina, depresia = depression
- panva = basin
- kotlina = basin
- úval = hollow, depression
- brána = gate
- tabuľa = plateau, tableland
- podhorie = foothills
- brázda = furrow
- vrchy = hills
- pohorie = mountain range, mountain chain
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Inner Western Carpathians (Vnútorné Západné Karpaty) (sub-province)
- Bodvianska pahorkatina Juhoslovenská kotlina (Southern Slovak Basin)
- Košická kotlina (Košice Basin)
Outer Western Carpathians (Vonkajšie Západné Karpaty) (sub-province)
- Skorušinské vrchy
- Podtatranská brázda
- Bachureň
- Spišsko-šarišské medzihorie
- Šarišská vrchovina (Šariš Highlands)
- Oravská kotlina (Orava Basin)
Eastern Carpathians (Východné Karpaty) (province)
Inner Eastern Carpathians (Vnútorné Východné Karpaty) (sub-province)
Outer Eastern Carpathians (Vonkajšie Východné Karpaty) (sub-province)
Poloniny Mountains (area)
Západopanónska panva (West Pannonian Basin)(province)
Vienna Basin (Viedenská kotlina) (sub-province)
Záhorská nížina (Záhorie Lowland) (area)
- Borská nížina
- Chvojnická pahorkatina
Juhomoravská panva (South Moravian Basin) (area)
Východopanónska panva (Eastern Pannonian Basin) (province)
Literature
- Mazúr E., Lukniš M., Balatka B., Loučková J., Sládek J. (1986). Geomorfologické členenie SSR a ČSSR. Mapa mierky 1:500 000, Slovenská kartografia, SUGK, Bratislava.