General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Železná Ruda II., Hojsova Stráž
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: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 425

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Glacial lakes in the Šumava Mts. Their moraines are preserved and serve as an evidence of the Quaternary glaciation. Interesting geomorphology, also botanically important. Very attractive touristic site.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: quaternary geology, hydrogeology, botany
Geological phenomenon: cirgue, lake, moraine, block field
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: till

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - 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, 01.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 12.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 425 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/425.

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