General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Horní Morava, Stříbrnice, Velká Morava
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423, 14232,14231
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1607

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline, Králický Sněžník Mt.Massif. Huge rock massif, type of block mountain deliminated partly by faults. Springs of the Morava River which drains parts of Czech waters into Black Sea. In the southern parts of this area there is a water divide of European importance, separating drainage areas of the North, Baltic and Black seas. Mountain massif is subdivided into several partial ridges separated by gorges. Many glacial relief features evidencing local glaciation during Pleistocene. The massif consists of crystalline rocks of the Orlice-Sněžník unit, mostly of several types of gneisses, metaquartzites, mica schists, erlans and also crystalline limestones with dolomites. The whole area is protected as a National Nature Reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geology, geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock, block field, frost cliff, karren, karst cave, waterfall
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), glacigenic (glacier activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: mica schist, gneiss, qurtzite, marble, dolomite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str. 198 - 200, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 05.11.08
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 18.11.08, Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11, Kukal Zdeněk 10.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1607 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1607.

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