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Považský Inovec

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Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. [1]

37 relations: Amphibolite, Čertova pec, Beckov, Beckov Castle, Danubian Hills, Dolostone, Ducové, Early Cretaceous, Fatra-Tatra Area, Fault (geology), Gneiss, Granitoid, Great Moravia, Hillfort, Hlohovec, Horst (geology), Hrádok, Late Cretaceous, Limestone, Marl, Migmatite, Mountain range, Mousterian, Neanderthal, Nitra (river), Pannonian Basin, Piešťany, Radošina, Schist, Selec, Slovakia, Stone Age, Strážov Mountains, Tematín, Trenčín, Triassic, Váh.

Amphibolite

Amphibolid is a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially the species hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase.

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Čertova pec

Čertova pec (Devil's furnace) is a small karst cave in the Považský Inovec mountains of Slovakia.

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Beckov

Beckov (Beckó) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

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Beckov Castle

Beckov Castle (Beckovský hrad/Beckov; Beckói vár) is a castle in ruins located near the village of Beckov in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia.

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Danubian Hills

The Danubian Hills (Slovak: Podunajská pahorkatina), also translated as Danubian Upland, is the north-eastern, more mountain-like, part of the Danubian Lowland in Slovakia.

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Dolostone

Dolostone or dolomite rock is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.

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Ducové

Ducové is a municipality (village) situated in western Slovakia, near the spa town of Piešťany.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous/Middle Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Fatra-Tatra Area

The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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Gneiss

Gneiss is a common distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.

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Granitoid

A granitoid or granitic rock is a variety of coarse grained plutonic rock similar to granite which mineralogically is composed predominantly of feldspar and quartz.

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Great Moravia

Great Moravia (Regnum Marahensium; Μεγάλη Μοραβία, Megálī Moravía; Velká Morava; Veľká Morava; Wielkie Morawy), the Great Moravian Empire, or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, chiefly on what is now the territory of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland (including Silesia), and Hungary.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Hlohovec

Hlohovec (Freistadt(l) an der Waag, Hungarian Galgóc, is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 22,192.

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Horst (geology)

In physical geography and geology, a horst is a raised fault block bounded by normal faults.

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Hrádok

Hrádok (Temetvény) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Marl

Marl or marlstone is a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and silt.

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Migmatite

Migmatite is a rock that is a mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Mousterian

The Mousterian (or Mode III) is a techno-complex (archaeological industry) of flint lithic tools associated primarily with Neanderthals, as well as with the earliest anatomically modern humans in Eurasia.

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Neanderthal

Neanderthals (also; also Neanderthal Man, taxonomically Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans in the genus Homo, who lived in Eurasia during at least 430,000 to 38,000 years ago.

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Nitra (river)

The Nitra (Slovak: Nitra, Neutra, Nyitra) is a long river in western Slovakia.

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Pannonian Basin

The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin in Central Europe.

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Piešťany

Piešťany (Pistyan, Pöstyén, Pieszczany, Píšťany) is a town in Slovakia.

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Radošina

Radošina is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia.

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Schist

Schist (pronounced) is a medium-grade metamorphic rock with medium to large, flat, sheet-like grains in a preferred orientation (nearby grains are roughly parallel).

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Selec

Selec (Szelec.) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Strážov Mountains

The Strážov Mountains (Strážovské vrchy) are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area.

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Tematín

Tematín Castle is a castle ruin in western Slovakia.

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Trenčín

Trenčín (also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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Váh

The Váh (Waag; Vág; Wag) is the longest river within Slovakia.

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Redirects here:

Povazsky Inovec, Vah Inovec, Váh Inovec.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Považský_Inovec

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