Vývěry Punkvy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Ostrov u Macochy, Vilémovice, Vavřinec, Blansko
Cadastre:
Lažánky u Blanska, Ostrov u Macochy, Suchdol v Moravském krasu, Blansko, Těchov, Vilémovice u Macochy
Map sheets:
24-23 Protivanov,24-41 Vyškov, 24-233 Ostrov u M.,24-411 Jedovnice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
746
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Karst territory in the very centre of the Moravian Karst. Rock basement consists of Middle Devonian limestones of the Macocha Formation. Limestones are intensively karstified and thus many superficial and subterranean karst phenomena occur. Complicated system of caverns, largest in the whole Czechia. The area is registered as a National Nature Reserve of the Protected Lanbdscape Area Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
botany, geomorphology, stratigraphy, archeology, geology, history, hydrogeology, mining and mining impacts, quaternary geology, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, sedimentology, structural geology, zoology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, mudcracks, ripple marks, outwash fan, unconformity, incrustation, block field, concretion , karst cave, krast pit, meander, pothole, spring, river source, abyss, river terrace, fluvial terrace, landslide, rock arch, horizontal section, castellated ridge, rock chimney, slickenside, natural window, rock salient, rock plate, rock schelter, cliff, rock pillar, varnished stone, gorge, gully, scree, scree field, karren, slickenside, waterfall, fold, bed, sinkhole, swallow hole, fossils fauna, fossils-flora, fault, dyke, stony organ
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), organogenic (activity of organisms), sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), gravitational, weathering
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Moravský kras
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 290 (Vývěry Punkvy)
Conflicts of interests:
tourism, water resources, agriculture
References
- Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrinty poznání. - Adamov., Kříž J., 2000: Lower Palaeozoic, Upper Cretaceous and Quaternary of Bohemia. - Excursion guidebook, European Assotiation for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, June 1st - June 9th, str. 39 - 40. Praha. + informace ze Správy jeskyní Moravského krasu.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Hanžl, 23.11.1993
Updated by:
Otava Jiří, 03.11.2008, Gürtlerová Pavla, 05.11.2008, Gürtlerová Pavla, 03.10.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 746 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/746.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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