Morphometrical analysis of glacial landforms in the Northern part of
the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia (Title - Calibri Font size 14, Bold,
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Veronika KUPKOVÁ1* and Pavel MENTLÍK1 (Names of authors - Calibri Font size 10.5, Bold,
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1 University of West Bohemia, Plzeň (Authors‘ affiliation addresses - Calibri font size 10.5,
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* Correspondence to: Veronika Kupková, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic. E-mail: kupkovav@students.zcu.cz
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1. Introduction (Section titles, numbered according to Guide – Calibri Font size 12,
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The High Tatra Mts. is 26,5km long mountain range consisting mainly of granite. It is located on
the Polish-Slovakian borders in the Central Europe and belongs to the Carpathian mountain range
formed in Tertiary during the Alpine orogenesis. The highest peak reaches 2655m a.s.l. (Gerlach,
Slovakia) and it is situated almost in the middle of the High Tatras. (Text will be in Calibri Font size
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1.1. (Subsection title – Calibri Font size 11, Justified)
A remarkable symmetry of valleys (called dolina in Slovakia), which are separated by side-ranges
lowering to the piedmont area, is typical for the High Tatras. From the geological point of view
the High Tatras are defined as a horst with the southern slope uplifted (Lukniš, 1973). This results
in a fact that southern valleys are characterized with higher average altitudes (in comparison to
northern slope valleys) and also slope aspects (Midriak, 1983).
Figure 1. The High Tatra Mts - region of interest (yellow demarcation). This figure is available in colour
online at www.georeview.ro (Figure caption – Calibri Font size 10, Justified; figure number in Bold)
2. Methods
3. Results
Table 2. Cirques characteristics for both slopes of the High Tatra Mts (Table caption – Calibri Font size
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Emin [m a.s.l.]
Emax [m a.s.l.]
Eaver [m a.s.l.]
H [m]
N
S
N
S
N
S
N
S
minimum
1 300
1 751
1 600
2 000
1 450
1 900
80
80
maximum
2 150
2 200
2 500
2 523
2 275
2 288
590
772
average value
1 775
2 023
2 051
2 232
1 913
2 127
276
209
4. Conclusions
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