Slovenský kras (Slovakian karst) - Slovakia
Extent: 498 km²
This mountain range is formed with limestones and dolomites and it is located in south part of Central Slovakia in districts of Rožňava and Košice. It belongs to Slovak Iron Ore area, forming a part of West Carpathian Mountains.
Highest peak: Štít (Shield) - 851 m
Surface: there are to be found here leafy wood oaks and hornbeam forests. The areas where the trees are missing, are formed with meadows, glades, bushes, arable lands and limestone rocks.
Climatic zone: warm and moderately warm.
It is relatively scarsely inhabitated area with protected fauna, flora and nature karst appearances on a surafce as well as in caves. This romantic countryside is interwoven with tourist trails and educational paths.
Slovakian Karst was declared, thanks to its vast karst territory, as Protected Country Area (in 1973), later, in 2002, as National Park.
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Gombasek cave
Caves
Slavec
Gombasek cave is situated in National Park Slovakian Karst, in southeast part of Slovakia, in Košice region. Underground river activity created a cave 1525 metres long. The section, open for public, makes the length of 285 metres. The cave was discovered in 1951. Since 1955, it was open for public. In time period since 1968 till 1978, the cave served as the first palce in Slovakia for speleotherapy purposes.
Decoration elements: sintre thin tube formationsof stalactites, cracked corridors extended into halls and domes, created by flow of Black Brook, various forms of stalagmites.
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