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568:Encyklopédia Slovenska. VI. zväzok T-Ž.
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440:. To the east, their boundary with the
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413:Geological map of Western Carpathians
352:, a large plain situated between the
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405:Geology of the Western Carpathians
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706:Central Moravian Carpathians
632:, Groups, and Ranges of the
529:Internal Western Carpathians
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324:Divisions of the Carpathians
87:2,655 m (8,711 ft)
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711:Slovak-Moravian Carpathians
537:Central Western Carpathians
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1039:Mountain ranges of Hungary
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808:Central Beskidian Piedmont
785:Căliman-Harghita Mountains
716:Western Beskidian Piedmont
701:South-Moravian Carpathians
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479:era. The oldest Paleozoic
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674:Lučenec-Košice Depression
503:were subducted under the
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570:Bratislava, Veda, p. 497
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523:and Cretaceous-Tertiary
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855:Făgăraș Mountains group
425:millions of years ago.
318:Geographical definition
888:Poiana Ruscă Mountains
860:Parâng Mountains group
519:, Jurassic-Cretaceous
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842:Southern Carpathians
659:Slovak Ore Mountains
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454:East European craton
338:Lesser Poland Upland
270:Carpathian Mountains
200:Carpathian Mountains
33:Panoramic view from
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780:Bistrița Mountains
588:2011-10-07 at the
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344:leads over to the
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194:Parent range
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389:East Slovak
300:Weinviertel
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169:and Hungary
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93:Coordinates
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1013:Categories
931:Deli Jovan
554:References
377:Devín Gate
322:See also:
314:(2,655m).
630:Divisions
477:Paleozoic
450:Uzh River
237:sandstone
233:limestone
158:Countries
131:Geography
106:20°7′52″E
103:49°10′2″N
83:Elevation
35:Kościelec
586:Archived
533:Suturing
493:Jurassic
379:, and a
336:and the
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295:and the
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285:Slovakia
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241:andesite
497:Neogene
464:of the
399:Geology
346:Sudetes
332:by the
308:Hungary
229:granite
212:Orogeny
206:Geology
182:Moravia
174:Regions
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470:basins
462:nappes
446:Hornád
385:Danube
356:, the
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167:Poland
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283:with
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