General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Hůrka u Železné Rudy
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2144, 21442
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2612

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The glacial lake Laka is comparatively small, but high up. It is shallow, with high rate of mud deposition. It was several times artificially regulated. The relics of two moraine walls are still visible. The lake is situated in the National Park Šumava.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: hydrogeology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: erosion, cirgue
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: granite, granodiorite, peat

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - Šumava
Part of the Geopark: Královská Šumava
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Babůrek J. et al. (2005): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 21-441 Železná Ruda, - MS, ČGS

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Babůrek Jiří, 16.01.07
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 24.11.17, Kukal Zdeněk 26.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2612 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2612.

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