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Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic

  • Tomáš Pánek
  • Jan Hradecký
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Part of the World Geomorphological Landscapes book series (WGLC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction
    Tomáš Pánek, Jan Hradecký
    Pages 1-4

  3. Physical Environment

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 5-5
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    2. Geology and Tectonic Development of the Czech Republic
      Radomír Grygar
      Pages 7-18
    3. Climate in the Past and Present in the Czech Lands in the Central European Context
      Jan Hradecký, Rudolf Brázdil
      Pages 19-28
    4. Long-Term Geomorphological History of the Czech Republic
      Tomáš Pánek, Veronika Kapustová
      Pages 29-39

  4. Landscapes and Landforms

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 41-41
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    2. The Geomorphological Evolution and Environmental Hazards of the Prague Area
      Jan Kalvoda, Břetislav Balatka
      Pages 43-57
    3. The Bohemian Karst: A Condensed Record of Landscape and Living Nature Evolution
      Karel Žák, Pavel Bosák, Jiří Bruthans
      Pages 59-72
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    4. Brdy Highland: A Landscape Shaped in the Periglacial Zone of Quaternary Glacials
      Karel Žák
      Pages 73-86
    5. Bohemian Forest: Landscape and People on the Frontier
      Pavel Mentlík
      Pages 87-100
    6. Morphology of the Youngest Little Volcanoes in Western Bohemian Massif
      Jan Mrlina
      Pages 101-111
    7. The Krušné Hory Mts.—The Longest Mountain Range of the Czech Republic
      Vít Vilímek, Pavel Raška
      Pages 113-122
    8. Elbe Sandstones
      Zuzana Vařilová
      Pages 123-137
    9. Neovolcanic Terrain of the České Středohoří Mountains
      Pavel Raška, Vladimír Cajz
      Pages 139-152
    10. The Kokořín Area: Sandstone Landforms Controlled by Hydrothermal Ferruginization
      Jiří Adamovič
      Pages 153-164
    11. Jizerské Hory—an Interplay of Rock Control, Faulting and Inland Glaciation in the Evolution of a Granite Terrain
      Piotr Migoń
      Pages 165-175
    12. Krkonoše Mountains: A Case Study of Polygenetic Relief
      Vlastimil Pilous
      Pages 177-193
    13. Bohemian Paradise: Sandstone Landscape in the Foreland of a Major Fault
      Jan Mertlík, Jiří Adamovič
      Pages 195-208
    14. Adršpach-Teplice Rocks and Broumov Cliffs—Large Sandstone Rock Cities in the Central Europe
      Jan Vítek
      Pages 209-220
    15. Žďárské Vrchy Highland—Geomorphological Landscape in the Top Part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highland with the Unique Crystalline Rocks Forms
      Karel Kirchner
      Pages 221-231
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    16. The Dyje Canyon-like Valley: Geomorphological Landscape of Deep Valley at the Eastern Part of the Marginal Slope of Bohemian Massif
      Karel Kirchner
      Pages 233-247
    17. The Moravian Karst: An Interconnection Between Surface and Subsurface Natural Sceneries
      Jaroslav Kadlec, Petr Neruda
      Pages 249-262
    18. Region of the Rychlebské Hory Mountains—Tectonically Controlled Landforms and Unique Landscape of Granite Inselbergs (Sudetic Mountains)
      Petra Štěpančíková, Jakub Stemberk
      Pages 263-276
    19. Periglacial Landforms of the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains
      Marek Křížek
      Pages 277-289
    20. Litovelské Pomoraví—Landscape Around Anastomosing River Pattern of Morava
      Zdeněk Máčka
      Pages 291-304
    21. The Nízký Jeseník—Highland with Abandoned Deep Mines
      Jan Lenart
      Pages 305-317
    22. Black Land: The Mining Landscape of the Ostrava-Karviná Region
      Monika Mulková, Petr Popelka, Renata Popelková
      Pages 319-332
    23. Poodří—Landscape of Ponds and a Preserved Meander Belt of the Odra River
      Jan Hradecký, Radek Dušek, Marián Velešík, Monika Chudaničová, Václav Škarpich, Radim Jarošek et al.
      Pages 333-346
    24. Landslide Landscape of the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mountains and Their Surroundings
      Tomáš Pánek, Jan Lenart
      Pages 347-359
    25. Strážnické Pomoraví—Holocene Evolution of a Unique Floodplain and Aeolian Landforms
      Zdeněk Máčka, Jaroslav Kadlec
      Pages 361-371
    26. Limestone Klippen of the Pavlov Hills
      Tomáš Pánek, Jan Miklín, Karel Kirchner
      Pages 373-384

  5. Geoheritage and Geotourism

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 385-385
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    2. Geomorphological Heritage and Geoconservation in the Czech Republic
      Lucie Kubalíková
      Pages 387-398
    3. Promoting Geomorphological Heritage: Bringing Geomorphology to People
      Lucie Kubalíková
      Pages 399-410
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  6. Back Matter
    Pages 411-422
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About this book

Introduction

The book aims to present the unique geomorphological landscapes of the Czech Republic. The geomorphic uniqueness of this country benefits from the proximity to two distinct European geological domains: the old cratonized Bohemian Massif and the relatively young Tertiary fold and thrust belt of the Western Carpathians.

Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic introduces general physiographical characteristics of the landscape and presents the main driving factors leading to the evolution of the present landscape. The book contains twenty two chapters describing the most interesting geomorphic landscapes of the Czech Republic. The selection of individual landscapes was based on visual exceptionality (e.g. sandstone landscapes of the Northern Bohemia), scientific importance (e.g. patterned grounds in the Sudetic Mountains) and historical relevance (e.g. mining of the Nízký and Hrubý Jeseník Mountains). The final chapters of the book discuss the protection of geomorphic heritage in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

Bohemian Massif Carpathian Mountains Geomorphology Czech Republic European Landforms Geomorphic Processes Geomorphosites Landscape Evolution Nature Conservation

Editors and affiliations

  • Tomáš Pánek
    • 1
  • Jan Hradecký
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Physical Geography andUniversity of OstravaOstravaCzech Republic
  2. 2.Department of Physical Geography andUniversity of OstravaOstravaCzech Republic

About the editors

Tomáš Pánek received his Doctorate in Physical Geography and Geoecology at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2008. He has been employed at the University of Ostrava (Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology) since 2000. He has reviewed for and published several papers in journals such as Landslides, Geomorphology and Natural Hazards.

Jan Hradecký received his Doc. in Physical Geography and Geoecology at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2009. At the University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, he has been the head of the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology since 2011. He has reviewed papers for journals such as Geografiska Annaler, Geografie Moravian Geographical Reports and others. He published several papers in journals such as Landslides, Natural Hazards, Geomorphology and others.

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