General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Velká Morava
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423, 14231
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 617

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Karst features along Velká Morava river. Complex of karst phenomena including caves, swallow holes and karst springs. Significant geomorphological locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon: karst
Genesis: aquatic (water activity)
Rock: 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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

Maděra E.(1971): Dosavadní stav výzkumů krasových jevů v masivu Králického Sněžníku.-In:Krasový sborník,IV/1971,pp.31-40.Praha. Maděra E.(1974): Kras a jeskyně pod Králickým Sněžníkem.-Severní Morava, vlastivědný sborník,sv.27,pp.44-48. Král V.(1958): Kras a jeskyně východních Sudet.-In:Acta Univ.Carol.Geologica,1958,2,pp.105-159.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pecina Vratislav, 27.10.94
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 18.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 617 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/617.

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