General Characteristics
County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Bystřec, Čenkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1432,1441, 14411,14322
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1745
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline. Deeply cut valley in a core of the Orlice-Sněžník crystalline with outcrops of orthogneisses. Broader parts of this valley are covered with flood plain sediments made of gravels, sands and clays. Some rocks on slopes offer interesting meso- and microrelief features. Protected flora with abundant spring snowflake (Leucojum vernum).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, rock, rock plate, rock schelter, flood plaine
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: orthogneiss
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Nature monument
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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts
References
Faltysová H., Mackovčin P., Sedláček M a kol.(2002): Královéhradecko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek V. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str 197, Praha. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.02.09
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 24.08.11, Kukal Zdeněk 10.10.12 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1745 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1745. Location in map:
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